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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

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Biology of Termites, a Modern Synthesis brings together the major advances in termite biology, phylogenetics, social evolution and biogeography made in the decade since Abe et al Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology became the standard modern reference work on termite science. Building on the success of the Kluwer book, David Bignell, Yves Roisin and Nathan Lo have brought together in the new volume most of the world's leading experts on termite taxonomy, behaviour, genetics, caste differentiation, physiology, microbiology, mound architecture, distribution and control. Very strong evolutionary and developmental themes run through the individual chapters, fed by new data streams from molecular sequencing, and for the first time it is possible to compare the social organisation of termites with that of the social Hymenoptera, focusing on caste determination, population genetics, cooperative behaviour, nest hygiene and symbioses with microorganisms. New chapters have been added on termite pheromones, termites as pests of agriculture and on destructive invasive species, and new molecular and cladistic frameworks are presented for clarifying taxonomy, especially in the higher termites which dominate many tropical ecosystems. Applied entomologists, developmental and evolutionary biologists, microbial ecologists, sociobiologists and tropical agriculture specialists will all benefit from the new insights provided by this work.

Evolution. Phylogeny --- General ecology and biosociology --- Animal systematics, taxonomy, nomencl. --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Invertebrates --- Pedology --- bodemkunde --- dierenecologie --- invertebraten --- bodembescherming --- ecologie --- Europees recht --- nomenclatuur