Animals | |
Early Results of Three-Year Monitoring of Red Wood Ants’ Behavioral Changes and Their Possible Correlation with Earthquake Events | |
Gabriele Berberich3  Martin Berberich1  Arne Grumpe2  Christian Wöhler2  | |
[1] Am Plexer 7, 50374 Erftstadt, Germany; E-Mail:;Image Analysis Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Straße 4, 44227 Dortmund, Germany; E-Mails:;Department of Geology, Faculty of Biology, University Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Germany; E-Mail: | |
关键词:
red wood ants’ behavioral changes;
earthquakes;
long-term |
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DOI : 10.3390/ani3010063 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
For three years (2009–2012), two red wood ant mounds ( Short-term earthquake predictions with an advance warning of several hours or days are currently not possible due to both incomplete understanding of the complex tectonic processes and inadequate observations. Abnormal animal behaviors before earthquakes have been reported previously, but create problems in monitoring and reliability. The situation is different with red wood ants (RWA;
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