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Perceptions & Use of Termite Resistant Treated Wood Products in the United States. Part II: The Perspective of Home Builders and Architects [PDF]

Drvna Industrija, 2009
This paper is Part II of a study that examines perceptions, attitudes and behaviors regarding termites and treated wood. In Part I, we surveyed homeowners and in this paper we surveyed home builders and architects.
Wu Qinglin, Vlosky Richard, Shupe Tood
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Sounds of the underground reflect soil biodiversity dynamics across a grassy woodland restoration chronosequence

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 9, Page 2047-2060, September 2024.
Our results provide new support that ecoacoustics can help monitor soil biodiversity in different forest restoration contexts, including in UK temperate and Australian grassy woodlands. This technology holds promise in addressing the global need for effective soil biodiversity monitoring methods and protecting our planet's most diverse ecosystems ...
Jake M. Robinson, Alex Taylor, Nicole Fickling, Xin Sun, Martin F. Breed   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

USE OF A SHORT SPAN FIELD TEST TO EVALUATE TERMITE RESISTANCE OF EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS AND BOBGUNNIA MADAGASCARIENSIS IN A TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT

BioResources, 2012
Despite being treated with preservatives, the service life of transmission poles and fence posts in the Zambian Copperbelt province is close to fifteen years. However, the service life is only two years for untreated timber, mainly due to termite damage.
Elisha Ncube,, Donald Chungu,, Donatien P. Kamdem,, Kalobwe Musawa   +3 more
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Object use in insects

Insect Science, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1001-1014, August 2024.
Insects have been demonstrated to exhibit rich object‐use behaviors. The intelligence, pre‐existing manipulation behavior (e.g., ant use materials in nest building as pre‐existing behavior to cover inaccessible surfaces or drop particles behavior or food bury), and anatomical structure affect the innovation of object use.
Chao Wen, Cai Wang, Xiaoli Guo, Hongyu Li, Haijun Xiao, Junbao Wen, Shikui Dong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Different strategies between queens and workers against fungal pathogens in the termite Reticulitermes chinensis

Ecosphere, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2024.
Abstract Social insects are prone to pathogen infection because of high exposure rates from social interactions. However, it remains unclear whether queens have enhanced pathogen resistance, because reproduction is largely confined to queens. Here, we used a natural host–pathogen system, the subterranean termite Reticulitermes chinensis and the ...
Ya‐Nan Dong, Tong Niu, Zhuang‐Dong Bai, Huan Wang, Chao Wang, Derek W. Dunn, He Zhang, Rui‐Wu Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybrid Coptotermes Termites: Separating Fact from Fiction

EDIS
This publication is meant to provide science-based answers for homeowners and pest management professionals, about "hybrid" termites in the genus Coptotermes (i.e., the Formosan and Asian subterranean termites).
Johnalyn Gordon, Thomas Chouvenc, Faith Oi, Nan-Yao Su   +3 more
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Preferences of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) among Three Commercial Wood Species

Insects, 2011
The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, and the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann), are both pests of wood in service in Hawaii and Florida.
Nirmala K. Hapukotuwa, J. Kenneth Grace
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Fused Colonies of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) for Laboratory Experiments

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2019
AbstractLaboratory studies of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) often employ the use of field-collected foraging populations of individuals as defined colonies. The biological relevance of this practice is often called into question, because these colonies lack a full composition of reproductive castes and brood, which may ...
Sang-Bin Lee, Aaron Mullins, Daniel Aguilera-Olivares, Thomas Chouvenc, Nan-Yao Su   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mortality and repellent effects of microbial pathogens on Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

BMC Microbiology, 2012
Background Two entomopathogenic fungi, Isaria fumosorosea and Metarhizium anisopliae, and one bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, were tested for their ability to cause mortality of Formosan subterranean termites (FST), Coptotermes formosanus (Shiraki ...
Wright Maureen S, Cornelius Mary L
doaj   +1 more source

Tunnel and shelter tube convergence of formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory

, 1997
Intra-and intercolonial tunnel and shelter tube convergence by Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus, was observed in the laboratory and is described.
Henderson, Gregg, Chen, Jian
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