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TERMITES show great activity around even a small breach in their nest and soon begin to build to repair the damage. In laboratory vessels, termites seal off any gaps to the outside air, even around the edge of an apparently close-fitting stopper. The stimulus inducing this behaviour has most often been considered to be a fall or gradient of humidity (see, for example, Grassé and Noirot1, Stuart2).
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HOWSE, P. Air Movement and Termite Behaviour. Nature 210, 967–968 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210967b0
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