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Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology

Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology


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This is a research-oriented review of the biology of termites. There is a strong emphasis on the gains made from modern technologies and contemporary concepts, for example the molecular and morphological phylogenies, social theory, the culture of fastidious microorganisms, microelectrode probing, natural stable isotope analysis and protein purification. Evolutionary, behavioural and developmental relationships with cockroaches and other social insects are considered in detail, while no fewer than seven chapters address the highly complex and perhaps unconventional mutualisms between termites and Archaea, bacteria, protists and fungi. The book concludes with the environmental impacts of termites and includes discussions of populations and community ecology, effects on soils and soil development, trace gas production and the control of pest species in buildings and structures. The target readership includes scientists and advanced students engaged in termite research, whether pure or applied, microbial ecologists, soil scientists, tropical ecologists and atmospheric chemists.

Table of Contents:
Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Termites; S. Kambhampati, P. Eggleton. Global Patterns of Termite Diversity; P. Eggleton. Characterizing the Ancestors: Paedomorphosis and Termite Evolution; C.A. Nalepa, C. Bandi. Early Fossil History of the Termites; B.L. Thorne, D.A. Grimaldi, K. Krishna. Diversity and Evolution of Caste Patterns; Y. Roisin. Termite Nests: Architecture, Regulation and Defence; C. Noirot, J.P.E.C. Darlington. Behavior and Ecology of Foraging in Termites; J.F.A. Traniello, R.H. Leuthold. Theories on the Sociality of Termites; M. Higashi, N. Yamamura, T. Abe. Introduction to the Symbiosis; D.E. Bignell. Ecology of Prokaryotic Microbes in the Guts of Wood and Litter-Feeding Termites; J.A. Breznak. Soil-Feeding Termites: Biology, Microbial Associations and Digestive Mechanisms; A. Brauman, D.E. Bignell, I. Tayasu. Intracellular Symbiosis in Termites; C. Bandi, L. Sacchi. Symbiotic Associations with Protists; T. Inoue, O. Kitade, T. Yoshimura, I. Yamaoka. Symbiosis with Fungi; C. Rouland-Lefevre. Energy Metabolism in the Termite and its Gut Microbiota; M. Slaytor. Population Dynamics of Termites; M. LePage, J.P.E.C. Darlington. Termites in Ecosystems; D.E. Bignell, P. Eggleton. Global Impact of Termites on the Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Trace Gases; A. Sugimoto, D.E. Bignell, J.A. MacDonald. Termites as Pests of Buildings; Nan-Yao Su, R.H. Scheffrahn. Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780792363613
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Height: 260 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1334 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0792363612
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
  • Width: 195 mm


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