Biology of invasive termites: a worldwide review

TA Evans, BT Forschler, JK Grace - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The number of recognized invasive termite species has increased from 17 in 1969 to 28
today. Fourteen species have been added to the list in the past 44 years; 10 have larger …

Treatise on the Isoptera of the world.(Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 377)

K Krishna, DA Grimaldi, V Krishna, MS Engel - 2013 - digitallibrary.amnh.org
A comprehensive compendium on the taxonomy and biology of the 3106 living and fossil
species of the world's termites is presented, along with reviews of Isoptera morphology and …

Impacts of invasive species on ecosystem services

H Charles, JS Dukes - Biological invasions, 2007 - Springer
The impacts of invasive species on ecosystem services have attracted worldwide attention.
Despite the overwhelming evidence of these impacts and a growing appreciation for …

Seasonality in insect abundance in the" Cerrado" of Goiás State, Brazil

NAP Silva, MR Frizzas, CM Oliveira - Revista Brasileira de …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Seasonality in insect abundance in the" Cerrado" of Goiás State, Brazil. Many studies have
provided evidence that tropical insects undergo seasonal changes in abundance and that …

Comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis of hindgut paunch microbiota in wood-and dung-feeding higher termites

S He, N Ivanova, E Kirton, M Allgaier, C Bergin… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Termites effectively feed on many types of lignocellulose assisted by their gut microbial
symbionts. To better understand the microbial decomposition of biomass with varied …

Ecology of termites from the genus Nasutitermes (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) and potential for science-based development of sustainable pest management …

I Boulogne, R Constantino, N Amusant… - Journal of Pest …, 2017 - Springer
The genus Nasutitermes is among the most abundant wood-feeding Termitidae and an
extremely diverse and heterogeneous group in terms of its biogeography and morphology …

The impact of mound-building termites on surface soil properties in a secondary forest of Central Amazonia

IL Ackerman, WG Teixeira, SJ Riha, J Lehmann… - Applied soil ecology, 2007 - Elsevier
Termites are important components of biologically mediated feedback to land-use change in
the tropics. In Central Amazonia, termite mounds are prevalent in post-clearing landscapes …

Termites as pests of agriculture

C Rouland-Lefèvre - Biology of termites: a modern synthesis, 2011 - Springer
While pest species of termites are thought to belong predominantly to four families
comprising the lower termites, the species causing the most damage to tropical agriculture …

Genetic Evidence for the Synonymy of Two Reticulitermes Species: Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes santonensis

JW Austin, AL Szalanski, RH Scheffrahn… - Annals of the …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
By applying the 16S rRNA mitochondrial marker to 434 populations of Reticulitermes
termites from North, Central, and South America; France; and Germany with other locations …

Termite (Insecta: Isoptera) species composition in a primary rain forest and agroforests in Central Amazonia

IL Ackerman, R Constantino, HG Gauch, Jr… - Biotropica, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Termites play important roles in organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and soil
structure in tropical rain forests. When forests are replaced by agriculture, termite species …