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An attractively illustrated, popular guide for anyone interested in these fascinating insects.

Termites.

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This book is well illustrated with black and white photographs and the text carefully discusses control and precautions necessary for all buildings.

Termites --- Household pests --- Dictyoptera --- Isoptera --- White ants --- Insects --- Termitomyces --- Vermin --- Household ecology --- Pests --- Control --- Termite control

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This termite Volume 2 comprises 13 chapters in an attempt to bring all available information on sustainable and eco-friendly termite management. The previous Volume considered the biology, social behaviour and economic importance of these insects. Chapters in this book dealing with damage and specific management of fungus-growing termites provide a review on most recent methodologies used for management. Termite damage crops from sowing till harvest. As it is difficult to detect damages in field, usually it is too late when the symptoms are noticed. A separate chapter on issues related to Indian agriculture and the contemporary practices being followed by majority of the Indian farmers is quite informative. Similarly, a case study for termites infesting Malaysian forests constitutes an important contribution. Various issues related to integrated and eco-friendly termite management in tropical conditions have been addressed comprehensively.  Potential role of microbes has also been discussed in detail in other chapters. The information contained under these chapters should help termite management in a way that natural resources can be used and maintained for the generations to come. Similarly, the chapter on physical barriers contributes a wealth of information that can be useful all over the world where termite is a problem. Emphasis has been laid on reviewing contribution of synthetic chemical insecticides in termite management. A separate chapter dealing with standard norms in wood protection constitute a significant step in this direction. A further chapter throws light on the potential of biotechnology as a tool in management. .

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Entomology. --- Life Sciences. --- Termites --- Control. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Insects --- Zoology

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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.