Sentences with phrase «termite mound»

There is the Lion's Hall of Fame for the Hippest Mane termite mound for terminal can't - see patients.

Another example was a gym building in Denmark inspired by a termite mound: the more people are inside, the cooler it is.

In the center of the main gallery, or the central nerve bank, is what the artist coins a «termite mound» of imagery.

Moretti's silkscreen collages — gathering, for instance, Kenneth Clark, a termite mound and a constructivist doodle (Untitled [to Kenneth Clark], 2014)-- share with David Noonan's Untitled (2013) a sensuous formalist eye.

One of the couple's films, «Mysterious Castles of Clay,» narrated by Orson Welles, showed the inner workings of a termite mound.

Yet the Superfast chewed up the track like a honey badger on a termite mound — ferociously, purposefully, as if utterly unaware of anything else but the tarmac straight ahead, there to be eaten.

«A termite mound's architecture can determine the success of a colony,» Korb wrote.

• The researchers looking at Rylands» bald - faced saki monkeys eating termite mound mud concluded that they do it to absorb...

The glittery rock is an abandoned termite mound taken over by firefly larvae.

To find out how they do this, Felix Hager and Wolfgang Kirchner of the University of Bochum in Germany pointed high - speed cameras at the central chamber of a termite mound before opening it.

Like a medieval battlement — or perhaps a termite mound — the observation tower of Philip Hoag's capacious shelter in Emigrant, Montana (above, left), pokes above the cold, dry terrain.

By ROBERT WEBB An office building and a termite mound may seem to have little in common.

For example, in Australia scientists have found a termite mound 22 feet tall.

In the nearly 50 years since Hamilton proposed his theory, hundreds of scientists have made careers observing degrees of kinship in termite mounds and anthills.

You're actually seeing click beetle larvae living in the outermost layers of termite mounds.

Tarnita's group agrees that experiments altering termite mounds, soil moisture, and local plants there still need to be done.

And she says sediments from a tree - stump or termite - mound fire would look different: termite mounds contain passages, for example, which remain visible due to the different sediments that fill them over time.

It's a «very satisfying demonstration» of how the termites «support an entire ecosystem,» says physiologist Scott Turner of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse who has studied termite mounds in Namibia.

Hlubik points out that termite mounds, typically constructed in dead trees throughout Africa, Australia, and South America, can also burn.

They found that acacia trees, which dominate this landscape, grow 60 % more new shoots near termite mounds and are more than twice as likely to bear fruit as those far away.

They report that drylands with termite mounds can survive on significantly less rain than those without termite mounds.

In the parched grasslands and savannas, or drylands, of Africa, South America and Asia, termite mounds store nutrients and moisture, and — via internal tunnels — allow water to better penetrate the soil.

The authors of that study reported that termite mounds are «hotspots» of plant growth and animal activity that decreases the farther one gets from the mound.

Thus, Huisman said, Tarnita and her co-authors showed that vegetation patterns that currently might be interpreted as the onset of desertification could mean the total opposite — that plants are persevering thanks to termite mounds.

«The vegetation on and around termite mounds persists longer and declines slower,» she said.

The scientific literature contains two different mechanisms for a similar pattern — one stems from vegetation self - organizing in response to limited rainfall, and the other results from bustling termite mounds improving the lives of nearby plants.

The results not only suggest that termite mounds could make these areas more resilient to climate change than previously thought, but could also inspire a change in how scientists determine the possible effects of climate change on ecosystems.

Corresponding author Corina Tarnita, a Princeton assistant professor in ecology and evolutionary biology, explained that termite mounds also preserve seeds and plant life, which helps surrounding areas rebound faster once rainfall resumes.

The mathematical model developed for the latest work determines how termite mounds affect plant growth by applying various tools from physics and mathematical and numerical analysis to understand a biological phenomenon, said first author Juan Bonachela, a former postdoctoral researcher in the research group of co-author Simon Levin, Princeton's George M. Moffett Professor of Biology.

Princeton University research suggests that termite mounds can help prevent the spread of deserts into semi-arid ecosystems and agricultural lands by providing a moist refuge for vegetation.

The animals quickly hoist their butts into the air so they can rub secretions onto vegetation, rocks and even termite mounds to mark the boundaries of their group's territory.

«By understanding the patterns of the vegetation and termite mounds over different moisture zones, we can project how the landscape might change with climate change,» said Greg Asner, a scientist at Carnegie.

Termite mounds in Africa wax and wane according to annual rainfall, they discovered, allowing their use as a predictor of ecologic shifts due to climate change.

The scientists from Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology discovered this after mapping over 40,000 termite mounds in Kruger National Park in South Africa, and identifying three main ecosystems in the region: the dryer upslopes; the wetter downside slopes; and the medium - watered, termite - mounded soils.

The sight of entire fields of glowing termite mounds has astonished witnesses.

On Monday and Tuesday, we had the opportunity to learn from Mpala researcher Kimani Ndung «u who specializes in vegetation studies and is currently investigating the effects of termite mounds on the locale - specific environment.

Also, the coconut trees where they source from are protected by termite mounds which apparently eliminates the need for pesticides!

Termite mounds stood ten feet tall, skyscrapers among the cornstalks and grasses, like totem poles from another race, the tenements of a forgotten people.

From parched red landscapes bathed in the light of the setting sun, to secret waterfalls, towering gorges, bubbling hot springs, giant termite mounds (yep), croc cruises, sleeping under the star - filled Australian sky, and everything in between, this is an exploration of nature Down Under every real traveller has to experience.

Cattle stations, termite mounds, granite rocks, kangaroos, brumbies, and wildlife are all yours to enjoy

Scenic Highlights: Experience local pub life in the Outback, explore UNESCO World Heritage - listed Kakadu NP, check out local art galleries, witness rock formations and the magnetic termite mounds

Tour Litchfield NP to encounter streams, rock formations and the impressive termite mounds.

Game drive, breakfast, bush walk (with an armed ranger - guide) to learn about animal tracks and towering termite mounds, lunch, siesta, sometimes afternoon tea, game drive, dinner.

Don't miss those huge termite mounds — they look like an incredible feat of nature, until you realise they're basically just a big tower of poo.

The weird dirt towers you'll see on the side of the road, occasionally dressed in a T - shirt or hat, are termite mounds.

Visit the Florence Falls, the Buley Rockhole and see the spectacular giant termite mounds.

You will see huge eucalyptus and gum trees, open grasslands, termite mounds, clear flowing creeks and magnificent mountains which form part of the Great Dividing Range that surrounds the property.

Even on the longest stretch of driving along the Outback Way, there was plenty to see: space junk, geocaches, outback cattle stations and giant termite mounds.

Along the journey, we are surrounded by birds, tall mangrove trees, orchids, bromeliads, termite mounds, fish and much more.

Via Batchelor, they are the closest tourist park to the national park and the fantastic Buley Rockholes, Florence Falls and also the Magnetic Termite Mounds.