Unravelling the evolution of wood-feeding in termites with 47 high-resolution genome assemblies [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsTermites are a lineage of social cockroaches abundant in tropical ecosystems where they are key decomposers of organic matter. Despite their ecological significance, only a handful of reference-quality termite genomes have been sequenced, which is ...
Cong Liu +16 more
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Durabilidade natural do estipe de pupunha (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Arecaceae) II: insetos Natural durability of Bactris gasipaes Kunth (peach palm, Arecaceae) stipe II: insects [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2004 Neste trabalho estão apresentados os resultados da durabilidade natural do estipe (madeira) de Bactris gasipaes Kunth (pupunha), quando submetido ao ataque de insetos xilófagos, em ensaios em ambiente florestal e urbano.
Raimunda Liege Souza de Abreu +1 more
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Mutual use of trail-following chemical cues by a termite host and its inquiline. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Termite nests are often secondarily inhabited by other termite species ( = inquilines) that cohabit with the host. To understand this association, we studied the trail-following behaviour in two Neotropical species, Constrictotermes cyphergaster ...
Paulo Fellipe Cristaldo +7 more
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L\'evy flights and self-similar exploratory behaviour of termite workers: beyond model fitting [PDF]
, 2014 Animal movements have been related to optimal foraging strategies where self-similar trajectories are central. Most of the experimental studies done so far have focused mainly on fitting statistical models to data in order to test for movement patterns ...
Aegerter, Christof Markus +5 more
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Survey and Classification of Termite Species of Family Termitidae and their Locations in Nineveh Governorate [PDF]
مجلة جامعة كركوك للعلوم الزراعية, 2023 The results of the questionnaire for ten agricultural materials specialized in the control of the gnat insect in the center of Mosul, including the advisory office of the College of Agriculture and Forestry / University of Mosul (University of Mosul) in ...
Wadhah Al-jebory, Nabil AL-Mallah
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Sociobiology, 2021 Some of termites have been introduced outside their native ranges, and it has been suggested that both wood-eating and wood-nesting lifestyles are critical for the transportation of propagules.
Tomonari Nozaki +3 more
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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and termites (Termitidae: Isoptera), Moron River basin, Carabobo, Venezuela: Preliminary data [PDF]
Check List, 2009 Nineteen ant species of six subfamilies (Dolichoderinae, Ecitoninae, Ectatomminae, Formicinae,Myrmicinae and Ponerinae) and two termite species (Termitidae) from Morón River basin (Carabobo, Venezuela) arelisted here as part of a preliminary arthropod ...
Riera-Valera, M. A. +2 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 Termites are important decomposer due to their ability to digest cellulose and their diverse feeding habits. Trehalase is an enzyme that hydrolyzes trehalose to glucose in insects and has an important biological role.
Nujira TATUN +3 more
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Termite nests as an abundant source of cultivable actinobacteria for biotechnological purposes [PDF]
, 2014 A total of 118 actinobacterial isolates were collected from the three types of termite nests (mound, carton, and subterranean nests) to evaluate their potential as a source of bioactive actinobacteria with antimicrobial activity.
Lumyong, Saisamorn +2 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 A new species of Pericapritermes, P. travancorensis sp. nov. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), is described from Kerala, India, based on the characters of the king, queen, imago, soldiers, and workers.
Jobin Mathew, Chinnu Ipe
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