Research Article

Dynamics of Foraging and Recruitment Behavior in the Asian Subterranean Termite Coptotermes gestroi (Rhinotermitidae)

Table 1

Trail-following preference* of Coptotermes gestroi workers on foraging and recruitment trails.

Time after trail markingForaging trailRecruitment trailP
MarkedUnmarkedMarkedUnmarked

30 min2080.002
30 min246<0.0001
30 min624<0.0001
1 week1880.009
1 month205<0.0001

*The results were analyzed using the binomial test (P < 0.05); N = 30.