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Pengaruh Perlakuan Awal Partikel Terhadap Serangan Rayap Tanah Pada Papan Partikel Dari Limbah Batang Kelapa Sawit (the Effect of Particle Pre-treatment of Subterranean Termite Attack on Particleboard From Oil Palm Trunks Waste) [PDF]

, 2014
The utilization of oil palm trunk could be used as raw material for particleboard. It was not only increased the added value, but also used as substitution of wood.
Hartono, R. (Rudi), Iswanto, A. H. (Apri), Maghfirah, C. Y. (Cut), Sucipto, T. (Tito)   +3 more
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A new species of Reticulitermes Holmgren, 1913 (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the southeastern United States [PDF]

, 2012
Reticulitermes nelsonae, a new species of subterranean termite (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) is described from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States of America, with specimens also found in North Carolina and Florida.
Forschler, Brian T., Lim, Su Yee
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A Female‐Locust‐Inspired Hybrid Soft‐Stiff Robotic Digger: Mimetics and Implications for Digging Efficiency

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Female desert locusts dig underground to lay their eggs. They displace soil, rather than removing it, to create a tunnel. We analyze burrowing dynamics and 3D kinematics and design a locust‐inspired hybrid soft–stiff robot that reproduces this mechanism. The results show the natural strategy minimizes energy, whereas alternative patterns raise costs up
Shai Sonnenreich, Amir Ayali, Bat‐El Pinchasik   +2 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
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Wood consumption rates of forest species by subterranean termites (Isoptera) under field conditions Taxas de consumo de madeira de espécies florestais por térmitas subterrâneos (Isoptera) sob condições de campo

Revista Árvore, 2004
Termites are well -known for their capacity to damage and destroy wood and wood products of all kinds in the tropics and subtropics. A field test was undertaken to evaluate variations in wood consumption of Pinus sp.
Regina Célia Gonçalves Peralta, Eurípedes Barsanulfo Menezes, Acácio Geraldo Carvalho, Elen de Lima Aguiar-Menezes   +3 more
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Laboratory and field evaluation for the resistance of commonly used woods against _Coptotermes heimi_ (Wasmann). [PDF]

, 2010
The current study was conducted to evaluate the resistance of four wood species (_Azadirachta indica_, _Pinus roxberghii_, _Dalbergia sissoo_ and _Populus deltoides_) against subterranean termite species _Coptotermes heimi_ by choice and no choice field ...
Asma Zawar, Farkhanda Manzoor, Nadeem Sheikh   +2 more
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Invasive termites in a changing climate: A global perspective. [PDF]

, 2017
Termites are ubiquitous insects in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions and play an important role in ecosystems. Several termite species are also significant economic pests, mainly in urban areas where they attack human-made structures, but
Allouche, Araújo, Austin, Bagneres, Barbet-Massin, Barbet-Massin, Beaumont, Bellard, Bertelsmeier, Bertelsmeier, Bertelsmeier, Bertelsmeier, Bignell, Bradley, Breznak, Broennimann, Brook, Brune, Buczkowski, Buczkowski, Buisson, CABI, Chouvenc, Clarke, Dangerfield, Dronnet, Dukes, Eggleton, Evans, Evans, Fielding, Franklin, Gallardo, Guisan, Guo, Hellmann, Hijmans, Holway, Hudson, IPCC, IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), Jones, Lashof, Liu, Mack, McKinney, McKinney, Mooney, Qiu, Rahel, Root, Rouland-Lefèvre, Sala, Stachowicz, Su, Su, Sun, Thistleton, Thuiller, Tonini, Traniello, Vitousek, Walther, Williamson, Wolmarans, Ziska   +65 more
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Chinese Pangolin Changes Local Vertebrate Assemblages and Contributes to Their Interspecific Interactions by Burrowing and Revisitation

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In this study, we systematically analyzed the utilization patterns of Chinese pangolin burrows by sympatric species in Guangdong Province, China, including differences in species composition using burrow mounds and burrow tunnels. We found that repeated visits to burrows by Chinese pangolin promoted the use of burrows by sympatric species, suggesting ...
Song Sun, Ruirui Mao, Hongliang Dou, Haiyang Gao, Ying Wang, Yaqian Zhang, Fei Wu, Yuanwen Kuang, Zhishu Xiao, Yan Hua   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wood-Destroying Insects

EDIS, 1997
This document provides an overview of various wood-destroying insects, including Lyctid, Bostrichid, and Anobiid powderpost beetles, old house borers, Formosan termites, drywood termites, Eastern subterranean termites, carpenter ants, and carpenter bees.
P.G. Koehler, J.L. Castner
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Overcoming Immune Deficiency with Allogrooming

Insects, 2023
Allogrooming appears to be essential in many social animals for protection from routine exposure to parasites. In social insects, it appears to be critical for the removal of pathogenic propagules from the cuticle before they can start an infectious ...
Mark S. Bulmer, Bruno A. Franco, Aditi Biswas, Samantha F. Greenbaum   +3 more
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