Climate change in concert with fire suppression is increasing the size, severity and
frequency of fires globally. At the same time, insects, an exceptionally biodiverse group that …

Recent studies have argued that changes in fire regimes in the 21st century are posing a
major threat to global biodiversity. In this scenario, incorporating species' physiological …

Forests and grassy vegetation (savannas and grasslands) are alternative ecosystem states
in many tropical landscapes. Relative to forests the grassy ecosystems are poorly known …

The profound impacts of fire on natural ecosystems have moulded many aspects of life on
Earth, but many of these effects remain poorly understood, other than in the most general …

The causal mechanisms shaping and structuring ecological communities are among the
most important themes in ecology. The study of insect-plant interactions in trophic nets is …

A range of organisms can be found inside termite nests where the degree of association can
vary from facultative to obligatory dependence. Studies of the dynamics of nest invasion are …

Termites play an important ecological role in many ecosystems, particularly in nutrient-poor
arid and semi-arid environments. We examined the distribution and occurrence of termites in …

How do termite inquilines manage to cohabit termitaria along with the termite builder
species? With this in mind, we analysed one of the several strategies that inquilines could …

A range of behavioural strategies and sensory abilities allows animals to minimize costs
involved in food search. By building a network of tunnels and presenting a large number of …

Termites play a critical role in the regulation of soil processes, for example, water retention,
nutrient cycling, and the formation and maintenance of soil structure. There is a consensus …