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Abe, SS, Kotegawa, T, Onishi, T, Watanabe, Y and Wakatsuki, T 2012, ‘Soil particle accumulation in termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) mounds and the implications for soil particle dynamics in a tropical savanna Ultisol,’ Ecology Research, Vol. 27, pp. 219 – 227.
Andrianjaka, Z, Bally, R, Lepage, M, Thioulouse, J, Comte, G, Kisa, M and Duponnois, R 2007, ‘Biological control of Striga hermonthica by Cubitermes termite mound powder amendment in sorghum culture,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 37, pp. 175 – 183.
Bayane, A and Guiot, SR 2011, ‘Animal digestive strategies versus anaerobic digestion bioprocesses for biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass,’ Review of Environmental Science and Biotechnology, Vol. 10, pp. 43 – 62.
Belnap, J 2011, ‘Biological Phosphorus Cyclying in Dryland Regions,’ in Nunemann, EK, Obserson, A and Frossard, E (eds) Biological Processes in Soil Phosphorus Cycling, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Bignell, DE 2006, ‘Termites as Soil Engineers and Soil Processors,’ in Konig, H and Varma, A (eds) Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N 2011, Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Black, HIJ and Okwakol, MJN 1997, ‘Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of termites,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 6, pp. 37 – 53.
Boucias, D, Cai, Y, Sun, Y, Lietze, V, Sen, R, Raychoudhury, R and Scharf, ME 2013, ‘The hindgut lumen prokaryotic microbiota of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its responses to dietary lignocellulose composition,’ Molecular Ecology, Vol. 22, pp. 1836 – 1853.
Breznak J and Brune A 1994, ‘Role of microorganisms in the digestion of lignocellulose by termites,’ Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 39, pp. 453 – 487.
Breznak JA 2000 Ecology of prokaryotic microbes in the guts of wood- and litter-feeding termites. In: Abe T, Bignell DE, Higashi M (eds) Termites: evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 209–231.
Brossard, M, López-Hernández, D, Lepage, M and Leprun, J 2007, ‘Nutrient storage in soils and nests of mound-building Trinervitermes termites in Central Burkina Faso: consequences for soil fertility,’ Biology and Fertility of Soils, Vol. 43, pp. 437 – 447.
Bruggerolle G, and Radek R 2006, ‘Symbiotic protozoa of termites,’ In Konig H, Varma A, (Eds.), Soil Biology. Intestinal Microorganisms of Soil Invertebrates. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 243 - 69.
Brune, A 1998, ‘Termite guts: the world’s smallest bioreactors,’ Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 16 – 21.
Brune, A 2014, ‘Symbiotic Digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts, Nature Reviews: Microbiology, Vol. 12, pp. 168 - 172.
Cadet P, Guichaoua L, Spaull VW 2004, ‘Nematodes, bacterial activity, soil characteristics and plant growth associated with termitaria in a sugarcane field in South Africa,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 25, pp. 193 – 206.
Dawes, TZ 2010, ‘Reestablishment of ecological functioning by mulching and termite invasion in a degraded soil in an Australian savanna,’ Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 42, pp. 1825 – 1834.
Donovan SE, Eggleton P, Bignell DE 2001, ‘Gut content analysis and a new feeding group classification of termites,’ Ecological Entomology, Vol. 26, pp. 356 – 366.
Duponnois R, Paugy M, Thioulouse J, Masse D, Lepage M 2005, ‘Functional diversity of soil microbial community, rock phosphate dissolution and growth of Acacia seyal as influenced by grass-, litter- and soil-feeding termite nest structure amendments,’ Geoderm,a Vol. 124, pp. 349 – 361.
Edwards CA and Bohlen PJ 1996, The role of earthworms in organic matter and nutrient cycles, in Biology and Ecology of Earthworms, Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 155–180.
Eggleton, P 2011, ‘An Introduction to Termites: Biology, Taxonomy and Functional Morphology,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Evans, TA 2011, ‘Invasive Termites,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Evans, TA, Dawes, TZ, Ward, PR and Lo, N 2011, ‘Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry climate,’ Nature Communication, Vol. 2, pp. 262 – 266.
Glazer A N and Nikaido H 2007, Microbial biotechnology, fundamentals of applied microbiology. New York, Cambridge University Press.
Holt, JA 1987, ‘Carbon mineralization in semi-arid northeastern Australia: the role of termites,’ Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 3, pp. 255 – 263.
Ji,R and Brune, A 2006, ‘Nitrogen mineralization, ammonia accumulation, and emission of gaseous NH3 by soil-feeding termites,’ Biogeochemistry, Vol. 78, pp. 267 – 283.
Jouquet, P, Traore, S, Choosai, C, Hartmann, C and Bignell, D 2011, ‘Influence of termites on ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem services provided by termites,’ European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol. 41, pp. 215 – 222.
Konig, H and Varma, A 2006, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Lavelle, P, Bignell, D, Lepage, M, Wolters, V, Roger, P, Ineson, P, Heal OW and Dhillion S 1997, ‘Soil function in a changing world: the role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers,’ European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol. 33, pp. 159–193.
Liu, T and Kang Le (eds) 2011, Recent Advances in Entomological Research, Springer, Heidelberg.
Lo, N, Tokuda, G and Watanabe, H 2011, ‘Evolution and function of endoegenous termite cellulases,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds), Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Macdonald, P 2011, Animal Nutrition, Harlow, Pearson.
Menichetti, L, Landi, L, Nannipieri, P, Katterer, T, Kirchmann, H and Renella, G
2014,’ Chemical Properties and Biochemical Activity of Colonized and Abandoned Litter-Feeding Termite (Macrotermes spp.),’ Pedosphere, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 399 – 407.
Noble, JC, Muller, WJ, Whitford, WG and Pfitzner, GH 2009, ‘The significance of termites as decomposers in contrasting grassland communities of semi-arid eastern Australia,’ Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 73, pp. 113 – 119.
Pillans, B 1997, ‘Soil development at snail’s pace: evidence from a Ma soil chronosequence on basalt in north Queensland, Australia,’ Geoderma, Vol. 80, pp. 117 – 128.
Rouland-Lefèvre C and Bignell DE 2001, ‘Cultivation of symbiotic fungi by termites of the subfam- ily Macrotermitinae,’ in Seckbach J (ed), Symbiosis: mechanisms and model systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 731–756.
Rouland-Lefevre, C 2011, ‘Termites as Pests of Agriculture,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Santana, RH, Catao, ECP, Lopes, FAC, Constantino, R, Barreto, CC and Kruger, RH 2015, ‘The Gut Microbiota of Workers of the Litter-Feeding Termite Syntermes wheeleri (Termitidae: Syntermitinae): Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities,’ Microbial Ecology, Vol. 70, pp. 545 – 556.
Scharf ME, Karl ZJ, Sethi A, Boucias DG 2011a, ‘Multiple Levels of Synergistic Collaboration in Termite Lignocellulose Digestion. PLoS ONE, Vol. 6, No. 7, e21709.
Scharf, ME, Karl, ZJ, Sethi, A, Sen, R, Raychoudhury and Boucias, DG 2011b, ‘Defining host-symbiont collaboration in termite lignocellulose digestion: The view from the tip of the iceberg,’ Communicative and Integrative Biology, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 761 – 763.
Scharf, ME and Tartar, A 2008, ‘Termite digestomes as sources for novel lignocellulases,’ Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefinery, Vol. 2, pp. 540 – 552.
Semhi, K, Chaudhari, S, Clauer, N and Boeglin, JL 2008, ‘Impact of termite activity on soil environment: A perspective from their soluble chemical components,’ International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 431 – 444.
Sun, J and Zhou, XJ 2012, ‘Utilization of Lignocellulose-feeding Insects for Viable Biofuels: an Emerging and Promising Area of Entomological Science,’ in Liu, T and Kang Le (eds) Recent Advances in Entomological Research, Springer, Heidelberg.
Ulyshen, MD 2015, ‘Insect-mediated nitrogen dynamics in decomposing wood,’ Ecological Entomology, Vol. 40, pp. 97 – 112.
Verboom, WH and Pate, JS 2013, ‘Exploring the biological dimension to pedogenesis with emphasis on the ecosystems, soils and landscapes of southwestern Australia,’ Geoderma, Vol. 211, pp. 154 – 183.
Verheijen, FGA, Jones, RJA, Rickson, RJ and Smith, CJ 2009, ‘Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe,’ Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 94, pp. 23 – 38.
Wakatuki, T and Rasyidin, A 1992, ‘Rates of weathering and soil formation,’ Geoderma, Vol. 52, pp. 251 – 263.
Abe, SS, Kotegawa, T, Onishi, T, Watanabe, Y and Wakatsuki, T 2012, ‘Soil particle accumulation in termite (Macrotermes bellicosus) mounds and the implications for soil particle dynamics in a tropical savanna Ultisol,’ Ecology Research, Vol. 27, pp. 219 – 227.
Andrianjaka, Z, Bally, R, Lepage, M, Thioulouse, J, Comte, G, Kisa, M and Duponnois, R 2007, ‘Biological control of Striga hermonthica by Cubitermes termite mound powder amendment in sorghum culture,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 37, pp. 175 – 183.
Bayane, A and Guiot, SR 2011, ‘Animal digestive strategies versus anaerobic digestion bioprocesses for biogas production from lignocellulosic biomass,’ Review of Environmental Science and Biotechnology, Vol. 10, pp. 43 – 62.
Belnap, J 2011, ‘Biological Phosphorus Cyclying in Dryland Regions,’ in Nunemann, EK, Obserson, A and Frossard, E (eds) Biological Processes in Soil Phosphorus Cycling, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Bignell, DE 2006, ‘Termites as Soil Engineers and Soil Processors,’ in Konig, H and Varma, A (eds) Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N 2011, Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Black, HIJ and Okwakol, MJN 1997, ‘Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of termites,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 6, pp. 37 – 53.
Boucias, D, Cai, Y, Sun, Y, Lietze, V, Sen, R, Raychoudhury, R and Scharf, ME 2013, ‘The hindgut lumen prokaryotic microbiota of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its responses to dietary lignocellulose composition,’ Molecular Ecology, Vol. 22, pp. 1836 – 1853.
Breznak J and Brune A 1994, ‘Role of microorganisms in the digestion of lignocellulose by termites,’ Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 39, pp. 453 – 487.
Breznak JA 2000 Ecology of prokaryotic microbes in the guts of wood- and litter-feeding termites. In: Abe T, Bignell DE, Higashi M (eds) Termites: evolution, sociality, symbioses, ecology. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 209–231.
Brossard, M, López-Hernández, D, Lepage, M and Leprun, J 2007, ‘Nutrient storage in soils and nests of mound-building Trinervitermes termites in Central Burkina Faso: consequences for soil fertility,’ Biology and Fertility of Soils, Vol. 43, pp. 437 – 447.
Bruggerolle G, and Radek R 2006, ‘Symbiotic protozoa of termites,’ In Konig H, Varma A, (Eds.), Soil Biology. Intestinal Microorganisms of Soil Invertebrates. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 243 - 69.
Brune, A 1998, ‘Termite guts: the world’s smallest bioreactors,’ Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 16 – 21.
Brune, A 2014, ‘Symbiotic Digestion of lignocellulose in termite guts, Nature Reviews: Microbiology, Vol. 12, pp. 168 - 172.
Cadet P, Guichaoua L, Spaull VW 2004, ‘Nematodes, bacterial activity, soil characteristics and plant growth associated with termitaria in a sugarcane field in South Africa,’ Applied Soil Ecology, Vol. 25, pp. 193 – 206.
Dawes, TZ 2010, ‘Reestablishment of ecological functioning by mulching and termite invasion in a degraded soil in an Australian savanna,’ Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 42, pp. 1825 – 1834.
Donovan SE, Eggleton P, Bignell DE 2001, ‘Gut content analysis and a new feeding group classification of termites,’ Ecological Entomology, Vol. 26, pp. 356 – 366.
Duponnois R, Paugy M, Thioulouse J, Masse D, Lepage M 2005, ‘Functional diversity of soil microbial community, rock phosphate dissolution and growth of Acacia seyal as influenced by grass-, litter- and soil-feeding termite nest structure amendments,’ Geoderm,a Vol. 124, pp. 349 – 361.
Edwards CA and Bohlen PJ 1996, The role of earthworms in organic matter and nutrient cycles, in Biology and Ecology of Earthworms, Chapman & Hall, London, pp. 155–180.
Eggleton, P 2011, ‘An Introduction to Termites: Biology, Taxonomy and Functional Morphology,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Evans, TA 2011, ‘Invasive Termites,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Evans, TA, Dawes, TZ, Ward, PR and Lo, N 2011, ‘Ants and termites increase crop yield in a dry climate,’ Nature Communication, Vol. 2, pp. 262 – 266.
Glazer A N and Nikaido H 2007, Microbial biotechnology, fundamentals of applied microbiology. New York, Cambridge University Press.
Holt, JA 1987, ‘Carbon mineralization in semi-arid northeastern Australia: the role of termites,’ Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 3, pp. 255 – 263.
Ji,R and Brune, A 2006, ‘Nitrogen mineralization, ammonia accumulation, and emission of gaseous NH3 by soil-feeding termites,’ Biogeochemistry, Vol. 78, pp. 267 – 283.
Jouquet, P, Traore, S, Choosai, C, Hartmann, C and Bignell, D 2011, ‘Influence of termites on ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem services provided by termites,’ European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol. 41, pp. 215 – 222.
Konig, H and Varma, A 2006, Intestinal Microorganisms of Termites and Other Invertebrates, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Lavelle, P, Bignell, D, Lepage, M, Wolters, V, Roger, P, Ineson, P, Heal OW and Dhillion S 1997, ‘Soil function in a changing world: the role of invertebrate ecosystem engineers,’ European Journal of Soil Biology, Vol. 33, pp. 159–193.
Liu, T and Kang Le (eds) 2011, Recent Advances in Entomological Research, Springer, Heidelberg.
Lo, N, Tokuda, G and Watanabe, H 2011, ‘Evolution and function of endoegenous termite cellulases,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds), Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Macdonald, P 2011, Animal Nutrition, Harlow, Pearson.
Menichetti, L, Landi, L, Nannipieri, P, Katterer, T, Kirchmann, H and Renella, G
2014,’ Chemical Properties and Biochemical Activity of Colonized and Abandoned Litter-Feeding Termite (Macrotermes spp.),’ Pedosphere, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 399 – 407.
Noble, JC, Muller, WJ, Whitford, WG and Pfitzner, GH 2009, ‘The significance of termites as decomposers in contrasting grassland communities of semi-arid eastern Australia,’ Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 73, pp. 113 – 119.
Pillans, B 1997, ‘Soil development at snail’s pace: evidence from a Ma soil chronosequence on basalt in north Queensland, Australia,’ Geoderma, Vol. 80, pp. 117 – 128.
Rouland-Lefèvre C and Bignell DE 2001, ‘Cultivation of symbiotic fungi by termites of the subfam- ily Macrotermitinae,’ in Seckbach J (ed), Symbiosis: mechanisms and model systems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 731–756.
Rouland-Lefevre, C 2011, ‘Termites as Pests of Agriculture,’ in Bignell, DE, Rosin, Y and Lo, N (eds) Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis, Springer, Dordrecht.
Santana, RH, Catao, ECP, Lopes, FAC, Constantino, R, Barreto, CC and Kruger, RH 2015, ‘The Gut Microbiota of Workers of the Litter-Feeding Termite Syntermes wheeleri (Termitidae: Syntermitinae): Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities,’ Microbial Ecology, Vol. 70, pp. 545 – 556.
Scharf ME, Karl ZJ, Sethi A, Boucias DG 2011a, ‘Multiple Levels of Synergistic Collaboration in Termite Lignocellulose Digestion. PLoS ONE, Vol. 6, No. 7, e21709.
Scharf, ME, Karl, ZJ, Sethi, A, Sen, R, Raychoudhury and Boucias, DG 2011b, ‘Defining host-symbiont collaboration in termite lignocellulose digestion: The view from the tip of the iceberg,’ Communicative and Integrative Biology, Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 761 – 763.
Scharf, ME and Tartar, A 2008, ‘Termite digestomes as sources for novel lignocellulases,’ Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefinery, Vol. 2, pp. 540 – 552.
Semhi, K, Chaudhari, S, Clauer, N and Boeglin, JL 2008, ‘Impact of termite activity on soil environment: A perspective from their soluble chemical components,’ International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 431 – 444.
Sun, J and Zhou, XJ 2012, ‘Utilization of Lignocellulose-feeding Insects for Viable Biofuels: an Emerging and Promising Area of Entomological Science,’ in Liu, T and Kang Le (eds) Recent Advances in Entomological Research, Springer, Heidelberg.
Ulyshen, MD 2015, ‘Insect-mediated nitrogen dynamics in decomposing wood,’ Ecological Entomology, Vol. 40, pp. 97 – 112.
Verboom, WH and Pate, JS 2013, ‘Exploring the biological dimension to pedogenesis with emphasis on the ecosystems, soils and landscapes of southwestern Australia,’ Geoderma, Vol. 211, pp. 154 – 183.
Verheijen, FGA, Jones, RJA, Rickson, RJ and Smith, CJ 2009, ‘Tolerable versus actual soil erosion rates in Europe,’ Earth-Science Reviews, Vol. 94, pp. 23 – 38.
Wakatuki, T and Rasyidin, A 1992, ‘Rates of weathering and soil formation,’ Geoderma, Vol. 52, pp. 251 – 263.