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Functional symbiosis and communication in microbial ecosystems. The case of wood-eating termites and cockroaches [PDF]
, 2016 Animal hosts typically have strong specificity for microbial symbionts and their functions. The symbiotic relationships have enhanced the limited metabolic networks of most eukaryotes by contributing several prokaryotic metabolic capabilities, such as ...
Mercedes Berlanga
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Cupins-de-montículo em pastagens. [PDF]
, 2011 Cupins-de-montículo predominam em áreas menos sujeitas à mecanização, como as pastagens. Dessa forma, quando não controlados, pastagens mais velhas podem apresentar níveis de infestação mais elevados.
VALÉRIO, J. R.
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Termite Communities in Sugarcane Plantations in Southeastern Brazil: an Ecological Approach
EntomoBrasilis, 2015 Termites are key components of soil fauna, playing an essential role in organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. However, they can cause significant economic losses in commercial plantations, such as sugar cane.
Luciane Kern Junqueira +2 more
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Mechanisms of recruitment for the retrieval of food in Amitermes evuncifer Silvestri (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae) [PDF]
, 2017 The study revealed that there was quantitative recruitment in colonies of Amitermes evuncifer, whenever food was discovered by the scouting foragers. Discovered food stimulated the termites to accelerate their running speed, to and from the food source ...
Leuthold, R. H., Omo Malaka, S. L.
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Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 2019 Oriensubulitermes inanis (Haviland) is one of the endemic termites in the Oriental Region and plays a very important role in the decomposition process in tropical forests. This study aims to redescribe O. inanis from Indonesia.
Syaukani Syaukani +7 more
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Morphological variation of selected species of Coptotermes (isoptera: rhinotermitidae) in Western Sarawak [PDF]
, 2016 The termite genus of Coptotermes from the family of Rhinotermitidae is an invasive pest in suburban and urban areas and commonly known as metropolitan pest.
Norsyarizan J.,, Wan Nurainie W. I.,
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Termites of the Genus Cryptotermes Banks (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) from the West Indies [PDF]
, 1999 A taxonomic revision of the genus Cryptotermes occurring in the West Indies is given based on recent collections from the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
Krecek, Jan, Scheffrahn, Rodolf H.
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Overview of the Morphology of Neotropical Termite Workers: History and Practice [PDF]
, 2019 This contribution deals with the worker caste of the Neotropical termite fauna. It is a compilation of present knowledge about the morphology of pseudergates and workers, including the literature discussing the origin and evolution of this caste, the ...
Cancello, Eliana Marques +6 more
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Sociobiology, 2018 Lichens (Algal-Fungal association) synthesize unique chemical substances with different biological activities. Three pure lichen compounds were assayed to evaluate their potential insecticidal activity against the termite Nasutitermes corniger on Petri ...
Monica C B Martins +9 more
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InsectsAcross their wide geographic range (Neotropics, and as invasives in New Guinea and Florida), Nasutitermes corniger (conehead termites) live primarily above the ground surface.
Barbara L. Thorne +4 more
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