Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Animal interactions play an important role in understanding ecological processes. The
nature and intensity of these interactions can shape the impacts of organisms on their …

Ants and termites reach high abundances in the tropics and substantially affect the
environment through a range of their activities. Because of foraging and decomposition of …

Maximizing food intake while minimizing risk is an important trade-off in the foraging
behavior of most animals. In general, foragers are vulnerable and the ability to trade off …

The termite Nasutitermes corniger is an important structural pest in the Neotropics. Here we
investigated the insecticidal activity of plant essential oils from Corymbia citriodora, Croton …

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 …

Behavioural responses of organisms are frequently affected by variation in resource
availability. For eusocial insects, the nutritional status of the colony can modulate responses …

The survivorship of social insects is known to increase with group size, even in situations of
stress, such as starvation and exposure to insecticides. However, in termites, studies have …

Resource can regulate animal foraging range, which in turn determines the chances of
species co‐occurrence. Here, we addressed the question of whether resource determines …