Overview
- This volume will be the only available book which will provide a detailed knowledge on termite biology, social behaviour and economic importance
- No other book on termites deals with economic importance in association with biology and social behaviour together
- This volume will be of great help to post-graduate students and researchers in plant protection
Part of the book series: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection (SUPP)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This Volume comprises 12 chapters in an attempt to bring available information on biology, social behavour and economic importance of termites. Chapters in this book dealing with termites identification provide a review on most updated information of their systematics. Ecologically, termites interact with living and non-living surroundings and deliver a wide range of behaviors. In a separate chapter termites ecology is examined and explored. Termites depend on their gut microbes for digestion of complex polysaccharides of wood into simpler molecules. Information provided on termite gut microbiome and lignocellulose degradation constitutes an important contribution. Termite biology and social behaviour have been addressed comprehensively. Trail pheromones are responsible for the orientation and recruitment of nestmates to the food sources. Once arriving at a potential food source, termites assess its quality using a different set of cues. A separate chapter on trail pheromones, cuesused during foraging and food assessment, with preferences for foraging sites, contributes a wealth of information. Emphasis has been given on reviewing ecological benefits of termites in other chapters. The information with respect to termite species as an edible insect and the overall role it plays in food and nutrition security in Africa is quite informative. A separate chapter dealing with importance of termites and termitaria in mineral exploration constitutes a significant step in addressing the economic importance of this insect group.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Termites and Sustainable Management
Book Subtitle: Volume 1 - Biology, Social Behaviour and Economic Importance
Editors: Md. Aslam Khan, Wasim Ahmad
Series Title: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72110-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72109-5Published: 01 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10158-9Published: 27 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72110-1Published: 19 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2567-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2567-9821
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 265
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Entomology, Agriculture