Ant mound as an optimal shape in constructal design: solar irradiation and circadian brood/fungi-warming sorties

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2014.01.038MaRDI QIDQ890672zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors R. G. Kasimova, D. Tishin, Yurii Obnosov, G. M. Dlussky, F. B. Baksht, A. Kacimov

Publication date 11 November 2015

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.01.038

zbMATH Keywords

social insectsadaptive ant-mounddirect-diffuse-reflected radiation on non-flat surfacesinsolationoptimal slope

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

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