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The foraging tunnel system of the Namibian desert termite, Baucaliotermes hainesi.

[Phylogenetic analysis of symbiotic archaea in the gut of Reticulitermes chinensis Snyder].

Flight activity of two sympatric termite species, Macrotermes gilvus and Macrotermes carbonarius (Termitidae: Macrotermitinae).

Fumigant antitermitic activity of plant essential oils and components from Ajowan ( Trachyspermum ammi ), Allspice ( Pimenta dioica ), caraway ( Carum carvi ), dill ( Anethum graveolens ), Geranium ( Pelargonium graveolens ), and Litsea ( Litsea cubeba ) oils against Japanese termite ( Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe).

Application of ground penetrating radar in detecting the hazards and risks of termites and ants in soil levees.

Efficacy of bait supplements for improving the rate of discovery of bait stations in the field by formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

Contact versus feeding intoxication by fipronil in Reticulitermes termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): laboratory evaluation of toxicity, uptake, clearance, and transfer among individuals.

Survey of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a managed silvicultural plantation in Portugal, using a line-intersection method (LIS).

Effects of soldier-derived terpenes on soldier caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

Differential Use of Identical Food Resources by Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Two Types of Habitats

Unicoloniality in Reticulitermes urbis: a novel feature in a potentially invasive termite species.

Effect of vibratory soldier alarm signals on the foraging behavior of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).

Enantioselective synthesis of 4-desmethyl-3alpha-hydroxy-15-rippertene.

Complex coevolutionary history of symbiotic Bacteroidales bacteria of various protists in the gut of termites.

[Hemocyte characterization of Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Holmgren) (Isoptera: Termitidae) workers and hemocyte evaluation after parasitism by Metarhizium anisopliae]

Termites as functional gene resources.

Developmental pathways of Glossotermes oculatus (Isoptera, Serritermitidae): at the cross-roads of worker caste evolution in termites.

Selection on defensive traits in a sterile caste - caste evolution: a mechanism to overcome life-history trade-offs?

Cloning and heterologous expression of insecticidal-protein-encoding genes from Photorhabdus luminescens TT01 in Enterobacter cloacae for termite control.

Relative repellency and lethality of the neonicotinoids thiamethoxam and acetamiprid and an acetamiprid/bifenthrin combination to Reticulitermes flavipes termites.