Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Termites; S. Kambhampati, P. Eggleton. Global Patterns of Termite Diversity; P. Eggleton. Characterizing the Ancestors: Paedomorphosis and Termite Evolution; C.A. Nalepa, C. Bandi. Early Fossil History of the Termites; B.L. Thorne, D.A. Grimaldi, K. Krishna. Diversity and Evolution of Caste Patterns; Y. Roisin. Termite Nests: Architecture, Regulation and Defence; C. Noirot, J.P.E.C. Darlington. Behavior and Ecology of Foraging in Termites; J.F.A. Traniello, R.H. Leuthold. Theories on the Sociality of Termites; M. Higashi, N. Yamamura, T. Abe. Introduction to the Symbiosis; D.E. Bignell. Ecology of Prokaryotic Microbes in the Guts of Wood and Litter-Feeding Termites; J.A. Breznak. Soil-Feeding Termites: Biology, Microbial Associations and Digestive Mechanisms; A. Brauman, D.E. Bignell, I. Tayasu. Intracellular Symbiosis in Termites; C. Bandi, L. Sacchi. Symbiotic Associations with Protists; T. Inoue, O. Kitade, T. Yoshimura, I. Yamaoka. Symbiosis with Fungi; C. Rouland-Lefevre. Energy Metabolism in the Termite and its Gut Microbiota; M. Slaytor. Population Dynamics of Termites; M. LePage, J.P.E.C. Darlington. Termites in Ecosystems; D.E. Bignell, P. Eggleton. Global Impact of Termites on the Carbon Cycle and Atmospheric Trace Gases; A. Sugimoto, D.E. Bignell, J.A. MacDonald. Termites as Pests of Buildings; Nan-Yao Su, R.H. Scheffrahn. Index.