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In Termites of the Gods, Siyakha Mguni narrates his personal journey, over many years, to discover the significance of a hitherto enigmatic theme in San rock paintings known as 'formlings'. Formlings are a painting category found across the southern African region, including South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, with its densest concentration in the Matopo Hills, Zimbabwe. Generations of archaeologists and anthropologists have wrestled with the meaning of this painting theme in San cosmology without reaching consensus or a plausible explanation. Drawing on San ethnography published over the past 150 years, Mguni argues that formlings are, in fact, representations of flying termites and their underground nests, and are associated with botantical subjects and a range of larger animals considered by the San to have great power and spiritual significance. This book fills a gap in rock art studies around the interpretation and meaning of formlings. It offers an innovative methodological approach for understanding subject matter in San rock art that is not easily recognisable, and will be an invaluable reference book to students and scholars in rock art studies and archaeology.

Termites --- San (African people) --- Cosmology, San. --- Art, San. --- Rock paintings --- Paintings, Rock --- Pictured rocks --- Rock drawings --- Archaeology --- Art, Prehistoric --- Painting, Prehistoric --- Picture-writing --- Petroglyphs --- Art, San (African people) --- San art --- San cosmology --- Basarwa (African people) --- Bushmen --- Bushmen (African people) --- /Xam (African people) --- Ethnology --- Khoisan (African people) --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Symbolic aspects. --- Africa, Southern --- Southern Africa --- Antiquities.

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Soil microorganisms play a major role in the degradation and recycling of organic material. Microbes are involved in the food web and strongly contribute to soil fertility. In the past, attention was mainly directed towards free-living or particle-bound microorganisms, while the role of intestinal microbes of soil animals has been neglected. For the first time, "Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates" focuses on the microbes in gut systems of soil animals. It starts with a profound overview of the biology of soil invertebrates. A major part deals with the gut microbiota of termites, the best investigated gut system of invertebrates. Termites are important soil processors in tropical and subtropical regions. Insight is given into the intestinal microbiota of further relevant primary litter decomposers, such as earthworms, springtails, millipeds, and woodlice. Novel techniques for studying intestinal microbes complete the volume.

Soil invertebrates --- Intestines --- Termites --- Invertébrés du sol --- Intestins --- Microbiology --- Microbiologie --- Invertébré --- Invertebrates --- Flore microbienne --- microbial flora --- Intestin --- intestines --- Flore du sol --- Soil flora --- Symbiose --- Symbiosis --- Termitidae --- Fonction physiologique --- physiological functions --- Biologie du sol --- Soil biology --- Pédogénèse --- soil genesis --- Soil invertebrates. --- Zoology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Microbiology. --- Invertébrés du sol --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVBIOLO SPRINGER-B --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Mesofauna --- Bacteriology --- Life sciences. --- Ecology. --- Animal physiology. --- Invertebrates. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Life Sciences. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Soil animals --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Animal physiology --- Animals --- Anatomy --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Invertebrata --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Physiology --- Ecology --- Ecology . --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Physiology. --- Experimental Organisms. --- Soil Science. --- Technique.

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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.

595.732 --- 591.55 --- 591.55 Communal life. Animal societies --- Communal life. Animal societies --- 595.732 Corrodentia. Termites. Woodlice. Booklouse --- Corrodentia. Termites. Woodlice. Booklouse --- Termitidae --- Structure de la population --- social behaviour --- Compétition biologique --- Comportement alimentaire --- Termites --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Identification --- identification --- population structure --- population dynamics --- Biological competition --- Feeding habits --- identification. --- Animal systematics. --- Animal taxonomy. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Climate change. --- Microbial ecology. --- Invertebrates. --- Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Climate Change. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Invertebrata --- Animals --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Microbiology --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Earth sciences --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal classification --- Animal systematics --- Animal taxonomy --- Classification --- Systematic zoology --- Systematics (Zoology) --- Taxonomy, Animal --- Zoological classification --- Zoological systematics --- Zoological taxonomy --- Zoology --- Environmental aspects --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation