Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
Published on 30. November 2000
Book
Hardback
XXII, 466 pages
978-0-7923-6361-3 (ISBN)
Description
The book is a new compendium in which leading termite scientists review the advances of the last 30 years in our understanding of phylogeny, fossil records, relationships with cockroaches, social evolution, nesting, behaviour, mutualisms with archaea, protists, bacteria and fungi, nutrition, energy metabolism,population and community ecology, soil conditioning, greenhouse gas production and pest status.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
8
46 s/w Abbildungen, 8 farbige Abbildungen
Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports.
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm
Width: 19.3 cm
Weight
1334 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7923-6361-3 (9780792363613)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-3223-9
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Y. Abe | David Edward Bignell | T. Higashi
Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
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Content
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-Lefèvre. 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.