1980
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1980.tb03476.x
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The effect of brown and white rot fungi on wood consumption and survival of Coptotermes lacteus (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a laboratory bioassay

Abstract: Wood consumption and survival of laboratory groups of Coptotermes lacteus were measured after the termites had fed on blocks of Eucalyptus regnans or Pinus radiata. The timbers had been incubated following inoculation with Gloeophyllum trabeum or Poria placenta both of which are brown rot fungi, or the white rot fungus Fomes lividus for periods of 3, 6 and 9 weeks. The termite groups were composed either of workers, reproductive nymphs and soldiers as in the original field colony, or of workers only. The facto… Show more

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“…As with tree species, fungal species and fungal traits vary substantially across climate and latitudinal gradients, with brown-rot fungi proportionally more abundant in cold, dry regions and white-rot fungi more abundant in moist, warm regions (Stokland et al, 2012). Temperate termite species often show a preference for wood colonised by brown-rot fungi (Lenz et al, 1980(Lenz et al, , 1991Ruyooka & Edwards, 1980;Getty & Haverty, 1998;Suarez & Thorne, 2000), and there is some evidence that C. formosanus is less able to consume fungal-colonised wood than R. flavipes (Lenz et al, 1991), perhaps facilitating a broader (Khan, 1980), temperature (Lenz et al, 1983), wood type (Lenz et al, 1983;Ripa et al, 2002), fungal activity (Lenz et al, 1991), and wood quantity (Cornelius & Osbrink, 2001), thus complicating efforts to extrapolate laboratory estimates to the ecosystem level (Lenz et al, 1983). Methane production rates vary drastically between species and depend predominantly upon the assay temperature (Fraser et al, 1986).…”
Section: Biotic Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…As with tree species, fungal species and fungal traits vary substantially across climate and latitudinal gradients, with brown-rot fungi proportionally more abundant in cold, dry regions and white-rot fungi more abundant in moist, warm regions (Stokland et al, 2012). Temperate termite species often show a preference for wood colonised by brown-rot fungi (Lenz et al, 1980(Lenz et al, , 1991Ruyooka & Edwards, 1980;Getty & Haverty, 1998;Suarez & Thorne, 2000), and there is some evidence that C. formosanus is less able to consume fungal-colonised wood than R. flavipes (Lenz et al, 1991), perhaps facilitating a broader (Khan, 1980), temperature (Lenz et al, 1983), wood type (Lenz et al, 1983;Ripa et al, 2002), fungal activity (Lenz et al, 1991), and wood quantity (Cornelius & Osbrink, 2001), thus complicating efforts to extrapolate laboratory estimates to the ecosystem level (Lenz et al, 1983). Methane production rates vary drastically between species and depend predominantly upon the assay temperature (Fraser et al, 1986).…”
Section: Biotic Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As with tree species, fungal species and fungal traits vary substantially across climate and latitudinal gradients, with brown-rot fungi proportionally more abundant in cold, dry regions and white-rot fungi more abundant in moist, warm regions (Stokland et al, 2012). Temperate termite species often show a preference for wood colonised by brown-rot fungi (Lenz et al, 1980(Lenz et al, , 1991Ruyooka & Edwards, 1980;Getty & Haverty, 1998;Suarez & Thorne, 2000), and there is some evidence that C. formosanus is less able to consume fungal-colonised wood than R. flavipes (Lenz et al, 1991), perhaps facilitating a broader Table 2. Ecosystem process rates by various temperate termite species.…”
Section: Biotic Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Assessment of termite survival by this method has been adopted following studies showing that differences in group mass reflect differences in numbers (Howick AND CREFFIELD unpubl. data; C l t t F F I E L D and KWONG 1979;LENZ et al 1980).…”
Section: The Bioassaymentioning
confidence: 97%