The soldierless Apicotermitinae: insights into a poorly known and ecologically dominant tropical taxon

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-015-0446-y" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-015-0446-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-015-0446-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00040-015-0446-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The soldierless Apicotermitinae: insights into a poorly known and ecologically dominant tropical taxon

Original language description

Termites are among the most important animals in tropical ecosystems where they often make up over 10 % of the total animal biomass and enhance ecosystem productivity. While termites in general have been the focus of a reasonable amount of work, this effort is not equally distributed among taxonomic groups. The soil-feeding Apicotermitinae, in particular, have received less attention than other taxonomic groups. In terms of species diversity and abundance, the Apicotermitinae dominate African and Neotropical rainforests, where they generally feed on soil organic fractions. Whereas basal Apicotermitinae possess soldiers, this caste is missing in a large cluster of species, collectively called the Anoplotermes-group, which possibly constitutes a monophyletic lineage. These soldierless Apicotermitinae evolved alternative defensive strategies, such as defensive body rupture through autothysis or dehiscence. As species identification in termites is commonly based on characters of soldiers, the Anoploterme

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Insectes Sociaux

ISSN

0020-1812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

63

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

39-50

UT code for WoS article

000368641500005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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