Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Insectes Sociaux
Publication Date
6-1-1990
Abstract
Mature nests of Macrotermes subhyalinus contained a mean standing crop of 6.6. kg dry weight of sterile adults, and produced 2.35 kg dry weight of alates each year. Small nests contained a much larger proportion of larvae, and somewhat different proportions of the different larval instars, both features being consistant with a rapid increase in population. They also contained a larger proportion of soldiers in the adult population than in mature nests. Mound dimensions and nest parameters were all linearly related, and positively and significantly correlated. © 1990 Masson.
Recommended Citation
Darlington, J. (1990). Populations in nests of the termite Macrotermes subhyalinus in Kenya. Insectes Sociaux, 37 (2), 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224028