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How Do Group Size and Social Context Affect Per‐Capita Behavioral Responses in a Nasute Termite?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Group living is often assumed to increase individual behavioral activity in eusocial insects through social facilitation. Using controlled bioassays with the termite Nasutitermes corniger, we show that increasing group size instead reduces per‐capita behavioral frequency, consistent with greater behavioral specialization. While antennation and grooming
Sara Y. M. Watanabe, Renan E. C. Santos, Thiago H. C. de Mendonça, Paulo F. Cristaldo   +3 more
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Balancing risk and opportunity: Nasute termite responses to predator and competitor chemical cues

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Nasutitermes corniger discriminates between heterospecific chemical cues during foraging, showing non‐random resource selection based on predator and competitor information. Predator chemical cues consistently reduce food resource selection, indicating avoidance driven by perceived predation risk rather than direct encounters.
Aline N. F. Silva, Lázaro Q. de Lira Filho, Laura S. A. Silva, Thiago H. C. de Mendonça, Sara Y. M. Watanabe, Ana Paula A. Araújo, Paulo F. Cristaldo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential valorization of wood extractives from waste products of steam distillation of Aniba rosaeodora: antitermitic activity [PDF]

, 2013
Aniba rosaeodora, is a slow growing evergreens of the Lauraceae family which are indigenous over a wide range of the Greater Amazon Region (the Guianas and Venezuela, Brazilian Amazon¿). The essential oil obtained from the wood has a characteristic aroma
Amusant, Nadine, Digeon, Alexis
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An Easy Method to Sample Headspace Pheromones in the Field

Ethology, EarlyView.
Females of the orb‐web spider Argiope bruennichi produces a pheromone to attract males for mating. Most of our knowledge about the pheromone and its strategical use by the females is known from the laboratory. While we have confidence in the validity of these results, we wanted to make sure and measure pheromones in the field.
Zoe Dössel, Katharina Weiss, Jutta M. Schneider   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competing Physiological Demands During Incipient Colony Foundation in a Social Insect: Consequences of Pathogenic Stress

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018
The social nature of termites has allowed them to become an ecologically dominant taxon. However, their nesting and foraging habits (decayed wood and/or soil), combined with frequent social interactions, enhances the risk of pathogen transmission.
Erin L. Cole, Iulian Ilieş, Rebeca B. Rosengaus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

No Evidence for Single-Copy Immune-Gene Specific Signals of Selection in Termites

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Selection pressures from pathogens appear to play an important role in shaping social evolution. Social behavior, in particular brood care, is associated with pathogen pressure in wood-dwelling “lower” termites.
Karen Meusemann, Karen Meusemann, Judith Korb, Maximilian Schughart, Fabian Staubach   +4 more
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PENYEBARAN DAN INTENSITAS SERANGAN RAYAP DI PERKEBUNAN KARET DESA PAGAR BANYU KABUPATEN BENGKULU UTARA [PDF]

, 2014
The research was carried out on December 2009 to February 2010 by using purposive sampling method. . It was aimed to to determine the spread and intensity of termite attack on the rubber plant in Pagar Banyu Village Argamakmur, Bengkulu.
Erleza, Nova, Helmiyetti, Helmiyetti, Manaf, Syalfinaf   +2 more
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Termitomyces/Termite Interactions

, 2005
The efficiency of degradation of lignocellulose by fungus-growing termites is largely attributed to their symbiotic Termitomyces. These fungi provide a variety of functions that termites do not possess. Recently, the application of new technologies and molecular methods has greatly improved our knowledge of lignin degradation by both Macrotermitinae ...
Rouland Lefèvre, Corinne, Inoue, T., Johjima, T.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Seasonal dynamics in terrestrial insect communities after the impact of the Brumadinho tailings dam disaster

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Despite severe habitat loss, insect species richness, seasonal fluctuations in richness and temporal β‐diversity did not differ significantly among forests adjacent to the mudflow and reference sites. We found higher wet‐season species richness for ants, bees, butterflies and dung beetles, while termites showed no seasonal change; β‐diversity was ...
Frederico Neves, Inácio Gomes, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Marina Beirão, Cassiano Sousa Rosa, Flávio Castro, José Eustáquio Santos Júnior, Mariana Moura, Adriano Paglia, Tiago Dornas, Fábio Vieira, Ricardo Solar   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of termites from Gabon using MALDI-TOF MS

Heliyon
Termites are one of the most common pests that damage wood and other cellulosic materials. Although Africa has more varieties of termite species than any other continent, few entomological studies have been conducted in Gabon.
Bouthaina Hasnaoui, Adama Zan Diarra, Patrice Makouloutou-Nzassi, Jean-Michel Bérenger, Afaf Hamame, Barthelemy Ngoubangoye, Mapenda Gaye, Bernard Davoust, Oleg Mediannikov, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Philippe Parola   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source