Termite Nests References


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Duponnois, R., Paugy, M., Thioulouse, J., Masse, D., Lepage, M., 2005. Functional diversity of soil microbial community, rock phosphate dissolution and growth of Acadia seyal as influenced by grass-, litter-and soil -feeding termite nests structure amendments. Geoderma, v. 124, n. 3-4, p. 349-361. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.05.012

Duringer, P., Schuster, M., Genise, J.F., Likius, A., Mackaye, H.T., Vignaud, P., Brunet, M., 2006. The first fossil fungus gardens of Isoptera: oldest evidence of symbiotic termite fungiculture (Miocene, Chad Basin). Naturwissenschaften, v. 93, n. 12, p. 610-616. doi: 10.1007/s00114-006-0149-3

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El-Sherif, S.I., Abd El-Latif, N.A., 2010. Nesting system ofthe subterranean termite Anacanthotermes ochraceus (Hodotermitidae: Isoptera). Bulletin of Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University, v. 61, n. 3, p. 455-461.

Eldridge, D.J., 1994. Nests of ants and termites influence infiltration in a semiarid woodland. Pedobiologia, v. 38, n. 6, p. 481-492.

Emerson, A.E., 1938. Termite Nests—a study of the phylogeny of behavior. Ecological Monographs, v. 8, n. 2, p. 247-284.

Emerson, A.E., 1956. Regenerate behavior and social homeostasis of termites. Ecology, v. 37, n. 2, p 248-258.

Evans, T.A., 2002. Tunnel specificity and forager movement in subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, v. 92, n. 3, p. 193-201. doi: 10.1079/BER2002157

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Hasiotis, S.T., Dubiel, R.F., 1995. Termite (Insecta: Isoptera) nest ichnofossils from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Ichnos, v. 4, n. 2, p. 119-130. doi:10.1080/10420949509380119

Hummel, K., 1930. Termite structures and their geological significance. Bericht Senckenbergische Natur Forsch Ges, v. 60, n. 8, p. 356-363.

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