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Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Takuya Abe

    1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kamitanakami-Hirano, Otsu, Japan

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  2. David Edward Bignell

    1. School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, London, UK

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  3. Masahiko Higashi

    1. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kamitanakami-Hirano, Otsu, Japan

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Termites

    • Srinivas Kambhampati, Paul Eggleton
    Pages 1-23

  3. Global Patterns of Termite Diversity

    • Paul Eggleton
    Pages 25-51

  4. Characterizing the Ancestors: Paedomorphosis and Termite Evolution

    • Christine A. Nalepa, Claudio Bandi
    Pages 53-75

  5. Early Fossil History of the Termites

    • Barbara L. Thorne, David A. Grimaldi, Kumar Krishna
    Pages 77-93

  6. Diversity and Evolution of Caste Patterns

    • Yves Roisin
    Pages 95-119

  7. Termite Nests: Architecture, Regulation and Defence

    • Charles Noirot, Johanna P. E. C. Darlington
    Pages 121-139

  8. Behavior and Ecology of Foraging in Termites

    • James F. A. Traniello, Reinhard H. Leuthold
    Pages 141-168

  9. Theories on the Sociality of Termites

    • Masahiko Higashi, Norio Yamamura, Takuya Abe
    Pages 169-187

  10. Introduction to Symbiosis

    • David E. Bignell
    Pages 189-208

  11. Ecology of Prokaryotic Microbes in the Guts of Wood- and Litter-Feeding Termites

    • John A. Breznak
    Pages 209-231

  12. Soil-Feeding Termites: Biology, Microbial Associations and Digestive Mechanisms

    • Alain Brauman, David E. Bignell, Ichiro Tayasu
    Pages 233-259

  13. Intracellular Symbiosis in Termites

    • Claudio Bandi, Luciano Sacchi
    Pages 261-273

  14. Symbiotic Associations with Protists

    • Tetsushi Inoue, Osamu Kitade, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Ikuo Yamaoka
    Pages 275-288

  15. Symbiosis With Fungi

    • Corinne Rouland-Lefèvre
    Pages 289-306

  16. Energy Metabolism in the Termite and Its Gut Microbiota

    • Michael Slaytor
    Pages 307-332

  17. Population Dynamics of Termites

    • Michel Lepage, Johanna P. E. C. Darlington
    Pages 333-361

  18. Termites in Ecosystems

    • David E. Bignell, Paul Eggleton
    Pages 363-387

  19. Termites and Soil Properties

    • John A. Holt, Michel Lepage
    Pages 389-407

  20. Global Impact of Termites on the Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Trace Gases

    • Atsuko Sugimoto, David E. Bignell, Jannette A. MacDonald
    Pages 409-435
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Kamitanakami-Hirano, Otsu, Japan

    Takuya Abe, Masahiko Higashi

  • School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, London, UK

    David Edward Bignell

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