Ant‐termite interactions: an important but under‐explored ecological linkage

J Tuma, P Eggleton, TM Fayle - Biological reviews, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal interactions play an important role in understanding ecological processes. The
nature and intensity of these interactions can shape the impacts of organisms on their …

Morphologically specialized termite castes and advanced sociality in the Early Cretaceous

MS Engel, P Barden, ML Riccio, DA Grimaldi - Current Biology, 2016‏ - cell.com
A hallmark of animals that are eusocial, or those with advanced sociality, is reproductive
specialization into worker and queen castes [1–3]. In the most derived societies, these …

Termites: an overview

MA Khan, W Ahmad - Termites and Sustainable Management: Volume 1 …, 2018‏ - Springer
A description of termite biology, distribution and diversity, economic importance, and
sustainable management is presented. Liquid termiticide injection to soil, to establish a toxic …

The first ant-termite syninclusion in amber with CT-scan analysis of taphonomy

D Coty, C Aria, R Garrouste, P Wils, F Legendre, A Nel - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
We describe here a co-occurrence (ie a syninclusion) of ants and termites in a piece of
Mexican amber (Totolapa deposit, Chiapas), whose importance is two-fold. First, this finding …

Trophic controls delaying foraging by termites: reasons for the ground being brown?

O DeSouza, APA Araújo, R Reis-Jr - Bulletin of Entomological …, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
Why is the ground brown, when detritivores and decomposers have the numbers and ability
to speed up the turnover of dark-coloured soil organic carbon? We consider this soil …

Spatial distribution of insect guilds in a tropical montane rainforest: effects of canopy structure and numerically dominant ants

GM Lourenço, RBF Campos, SP Ribeiro - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2015‏ - Springer
Insect guild abundance and species richness responses to numerically dominant ant
species, seasonality, and canopy structure were analysed in a successional montane …

Association of ant predators and edaphic conditions with termite diversity in an Amazonian rain forest

CS Dambros, JW Morais, A Vasconcellos… - Biotropica, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Predation is a key determinant of prey community structure, but few studies have measured
the effect of multiple predators on a highly diverse prey community. In this study, we asked …

Food quantity and the intensity of the alarm signal combine to modulate the resource selection in a termite species

ANF Silva, CR Silva, REC Santos, CCM Arce… - Behavioral …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Maximizing food intake while minimizing risk is an important trade-off in the foraging
behavior of most animals. In general, foragers are vulnerable and the ability to trade off …

Impact of Microbial Symbionts on Fungus‐Farming Termites and Their Derived Ecosystem Functions

R Murphy, VM Sinotte, S Schmidt, G Li… - … health of ecosystems, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Fungus‐farming termites are dominant decomposers and important ecosystem engineers in
their natural sub‐Sahara African and Southeast Asian ecosystems. This is accomplished …

Associations of two ecologically significant social insect taxa in the litter of an Amazonian rainforest: is there a relationship between ant and termite species richness?

AL Mertl, JFA Traniello, K Ryder Wilkie… - Psyche: A Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
In spite of the ecological dominance of Neotropical ants and termites, little is understood
about how their interactions influence their species richness and distribution. We surveyed …