A global review of termite sampling methods

Davies, Andrew B.; Parr, Catherine; Eggleton, Paul

doi:10.1007/s00040-020-00797-y

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“…Our results therefore corroborate that decomposition in burned forests is slower when invertebrates are excluded (Silveira et al 2009). Several groups of invertebrates influence decomposition of organic matter (Vasconcelos and Laurance 2005) and termites are a key group in this process after fire in certain environments, such as savannas (Davies et al 2021;DeSouza et al 2003).…”

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Land use change and fire in Amazonia: impacts on invertebrates and their ecosystem functions

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Anthropic disturbances such as land-use change and forest fires are responsible for modifying natural landscape structure. In the Southern part of the Amazon basin, changes in landscape structure due to anthropic actions occur intensely. In this region, the conversion of natural forests to agricultural lands and the increase of fires, either accidental or not, are responsible for modifying environmental characteristics. Changes in environmental characteristics are responsible for changes in the structure of communities and, consequently, altering ecosystem functions and services provided by different organisms. Invertebrates promote several ecosystem functions, such as secondary seed dispersal, nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition. In this thesis, I investigated how anthropic disturbances in southern Amazonia affect ecosystem functions performed by different invertebrate groups. In the first chapter, I investigated how conversion of forests to agriculture alter ecosystem functions performed by ants and dung beetles in riparian forests. I evaluated predation promoted by ants, seed dispersal by ants and dung beetles, and dung removal in forested and cropland catchments. I showed that both groups suffered changes in species composition, but only in ants these changes altered ecosystem functions (seed dispersal). In the second chapter, I investigated the role of termites to organic matter decomposition in burned forests to understand which mechanisms explain possible variations in this ecosystem function. I showed increase in termite abundance, decrease of termite predation by ants, accompanied by increase in organic matter decomposition in burned forests. I concluded that anthropic disturbances altered ecosystem functions performed by invertebrates after anthropic disturbances, and these functions are an important factor for maintenance of forests and biodiversity. Keywords: Anthropic disturbance Ecosystem functions. Ants. Dung beetles. Termites.

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“…We placed 10 toilet paper rolls in each sub-plot to monitor termite activity temporally and spatially in the field (Davies et al 2021). We photographed each of toilet paper after 30 days and exchanged them for new toilet paper, totaling three sampling periods (90 days).…”

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Land use change and fire in Amazonia: impacts on invertebrates and their ecosystem functions

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“…More target-oriented and persistent formulations such as controlled-release termiticide baits present a promising strategy to alleviate this problem. Many such bait formulations have been demonstrated effective against various insect pests including subterranean termites and other soil inhabiting pests such as cockroaches, ants, wasps, fleas and turf insects (Collins and Callcot, 1998;Shelton and Grace, 2003;Overmyer et al, 2005;Zhang et al, 2009;Durier and Rivault, 2000;Mao et al, 2011;Rashid et al, 2012;Hamm et al, 2013;Su et al, 2016;Davies et al, 2021).…”

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“…These insecticides are mostly applied as liquid formulations and often get off the target site through leaching, evaporation and rapid decomposition by weather extremes resulting in unsatisfactory and short-term termite eradication and also pose ecological consequences such environmental contaminations and human health hazards (Fernández-Pérez, 2007;Huang et al, 2018;Meftaul et al, 2020). This situation necessitates looking for more target-oriented and ecologically safer strategies such as slow-release formulations in which a non-repellent toxicant is baited with some pest attractant material and is formulated in such a way that it can persist and remains effective against pests for longer period of time than the direct application of toxicant itself (Grace and Su, 2001;Davies et al, 2021). Termite baits are being effectively used to eliminate the pest termites for last few decades and usually toxicant-laced cellulosic foodstuff such as cardboard or wood are often employed in commercial termite bait-ing systems (Grace and Su, 2001;Tracy, 2003;Glenn et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2009;Hamm et al, 2013;Su et al, 2016;Davies et al, 2021).…”

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“…This situation necessitates looking for more target-oriented and ecologically safer strategies such as slow-release formulations in which a non-repellent toxicant is baited with some pest attractant material and is formulated in such a way that it can persist and remains effective against pests for longer period of time than the direct application of toxicant itself (Grace and Su, 2001;Davies et al, 2021). Termite baits are being effectively used to eliminate the pest termites for last few decades and usually toxicant-laced cellulosic foodstuff such as cardboard or wood are often employed in commercial termite bait-ing systems (Grace and Su, 2001;Tracy, 2003;Glenn et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2009;Hamm et al, 2013;Su et al, 2016;Davies et al, 2021).…”

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Development and Evaluation of a Maize Cob Based Bait Formulation against Subterranean Termites (Odontotermes spp.)

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Majeed³

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Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems

Wijas

Cornwell

Letnic

2023

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Irruption of herbivore populations due to the extirpation of predators has led to dramatic changes in ecosystem functioning worldwide. Herbivores compete with other species for their primary source of nutrition, plant biomass. Such competition is typically considered to occur between species in closely related clades and functional groups but could also occur with detritivores that consume senescent plant biomass. In this study, we tested predictions that in ecosystems where herbivores are not regulated by predators, their indirect impacts on dead vegetation increase with primary productivity and extend to termites that feed on senescent vegetation. We compared dead vegetation cover and termite activity in herbivore exclosures and associated grazed plots at three locations situated along a rainfall gradient in arid Australia where kangaroo populations have irrupted. Dead vegetation cover and termite activity increased with rainfall in ungrazed plots but showed a negligible response to rainfall in grazed plots. Our results suggest that grazing can disrupt the flow of energy to detritivores and decouple the relationship between termite activity and primary productivity. Such disruption could have far‐reaching impacts on arid ecosystems because many organisms sit within “brown food webs” that are sustained by energy derived from the decomposition of senescent plant tissues.

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A global review of termite sampling methods

Cited by 18 publications

References 75 publications

Land use change and fire in Amazonia: impacts on invertebrates and their ecosystem functions

Land use change and fire in Amazonia: impacts on invertebrates and their ecosystem functions

Development and Evaluation of a Maize Cob Based Bait Formulation against Subterranean Termites (Odontotermes spp.)

Herbivores disrupt the flow of food resources to termites in dryland ecosystems

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