Affiliation:
1. Guest Editor, College of Life Sciences Northwest University Xi'an Shaanxi Province China
2. Editor in Chief, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES) University of Groningen Groningen The Netherlands
Abstract
AbstractAs descendants of social cockroaches, termites have an intriguing biology that makes them highly suitable study subjects in a wide variety of fields, such as eusocial evolution, ageing mechanisms, wood decomposition, ecosystem engineering, and pest management. This special section presents four studies ranging from the role of chemical compounds in foraging behaviour and food digestion to genetics and physiology of reproduction. Taken together, these studies offer new insights and ample suggestions for future work on these fascinating insects.
Subject
Insect Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics