Variation between and within colonies in the termite: Morphology, genomic DNA, and behaviour

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 983-990

  Husseneder, C ^a,c   Brandl, R ^a,b   Epplen, C ^a,b   Epplen, J T ^a,b   Kaib, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Uimceltforschungszcntrum Leipzig Halle   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Budding; Morphometrics; Multilocus fingerprinting; Population viscosity; Schedorhinotermes lamanianus; Termites

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BUDDING; FORAGING; GENOMIC DNA; INSECT GENETICS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KENYA; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TERMITE;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SCHEDORHINOTERMES; SCHEDORHINOTERMES LAMANIANUS;

EID: 0031873831     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1998.00416.x     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Adams ES (1991) Nest-mate recognition based on heritable odors in the termite Microlcrmes arborais. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 88,2031-2034.
2. Adams ES, Levings SC (1987) Territory size and population limits in mangrove termites. Journal of Animal Ecology, 56, 1069-1081.
3. Banschbach VS, Herbers JM (1996) Complex colony structure in social insects: I. Ecological determinants and genetic consequences. Evolution, 50,285-397.
4. Beye M, Neumann P, Moritz RFA (1997) Nestmate recognition and the genetic gestalt in the mound-building ant Formica polyctena. Insectes Sociaux, 44,49-58.
5. Binder BF (1988) Intercolonial aggression in the subterranean termite, Heierotcnnes aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Psyche, 95,123-137.
6. Bourke AFG, Franks NR (1995) Social Evolution in Ants. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
7. Brandi R, Bagine RNK, Kaib M (1996) The distribution of Schedorhinolermes Iniiiaiiianus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and its termitophile Paraclystis (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in Kenya: its importance for understanding east African biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeograpliy Letters, 5, 143-148.
8. Breed MD, Bennett B (1987) Kin recognition in highly eusocial insects. In: Kin Recognition in Animals (eds Fletcher DJC, Michener CD), pp. 243-285. Wiley, Chichester, UK.
9. Broughlon RE, Grace JK (1994) Lack of mitochondrial DNA variation in an introduced population of the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology, 24, 121-126.
10. Chapuisat M, Goudet J, Keller L (1997) Microsatellites reveal high population viscosity and limited dispersal in the ant Formica pnralugubris. Evolution, 5,475-482.
11. Clément JL (1986) Open and closed societies in Reticulitermcs termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): Geographical and seasonal variation. Sociobiology, 11,311-323.
12. Crozier RH, Pamilo P (1996) Evolution of Social Insect Colonies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, Tokyo.
13. Epplen JT (1992) The methology of multilocus DNA fingerprinting using radioactive or nonradioactive oligonucleotideprobes specific for simple repeat motifs. Advances in Electrophoresis, 5,59-112.
14. Gamboa GJ, Reeve HK, Ferguson ID, Wacker TL (1986) Nestmate recognition in social wasps: the origin and acquisition of recognition odours. Animal Behaviour, 34,685-695.
15. Harris WV (1961) Termites, Their Recognition and Control. Longmans, Green and Co., UK.
16. Haverty MI, Thorne B (1989) Agonistic behavior correlated with hydrocarbon phenotypes in dampwood termites, Zootermopsis (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Journal of Insect Behaviour, 2,523-543.
17. Haverty MI, Grace JK, Nelson LJ, Yamamoto RT (1996) Intercaste, intercolony, and temporal variation in cuticular hydrocarbons of Coptotermesfonnosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 22,1813-1834.
18. Hepper PG (1986) Kin recognition: functions and mechanisms, a review. Biological Reviews, 61,63-93.
19. Husseneder C, Kaib M, Epplen C, Epplen JT, Brandi R (1997) Small-scale population structure of the termite Schcdorhinotermes lamanianus: aggression modulated by genetic and environmental factors. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angeivandte Entomologie, 11, 183-187.
20. Kaib M, Brandi R (1992) Distribution, geographic variation, and between-colony compatibility of Schedorhinotermes lamanianus in Kenya (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). In: Biology and Evolution of Social Insects (ed. BillenJ), pp. 121-131. Leuven University Press, Leuven.
21. Kaib M, Husseneder C, Epplen C, Epplen JT, Brandi R (1996) Kinbiased foraging in a termite. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 263,1527-1532.
22. Keller L (1997) Indiscriminate altruism: unduly nice parents and siblings. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12,99-103.
23. Knuth DE (1981) The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 2, SemiNumerical Algorithms. Addison-Westley, Reading.
24. Korman AK, Pashley DP (1991) Genetic comparisons among U.S. populations of Formosan subterranean termites. Sociobiology, 19,41-50.
25. Lynch M (1991) Analysis of population genetic structure by DNA fingerprinting. In: DNA Fingerprinting: Approaches and Applications (eds Burke T, Dolf A, Jeffreys A, Wolff R), pp. 113-126. Birkhäuser Verlag, Berlin.
26. Manly BFL (1997) Randomization, Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods in Biology. Chapman & Hall, London.
27. Oden NL, Sokal RR (1986) Directional autocorrelation: an extension of spatial correlograms in two dimensions. Systematic Zoology, 35, 608-617.
28. Pearce MJ, Cowie RH, Pack AS, Reavey D (1990) Intraspecific aggression, colony identity and foraging distances in Sudanese Macrotermes sp. (Isoptera: Termitidae: Macrotermitinae). Ecological Entomology, 15,71-77.
29. Podani J (1994) Multii'ariate Data Analysis in Ecology and Systematics - A Methodological Guide to the SYN-TAX 5.0 Package. SPB Academic Publishing bv, The Hague.
30. Reilly LM (1987) Measurements of inbreeding and average relatedness in a termite population. The American Naturalist, 130, 339-349.
31. Renoux J (1976) Le polymorphisme de Schedorliinotermes lamaniainis (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera - Rhinotermitidae) Essai d'interpré tation. Insectes Sociaux, 23,279-494.
32. Rohlf FJ (1990) NTSYS-pc, Numerical Taxonomy and Multii'ariate Analysis System. Exeter Software, New York.
33. Roisin Y, Pasteels JM (1986) Reproductive mechanisms in termites: Polycalism and polygyny in Nasutitermes polygynus and N. costalis. Insectes Sociaux, 33,149-167.
34. Shelton TG, Grace JK (1996) Review of agonistic behaviors in the Isoptera. Sociobiology, 28,155-176.
35. Stille M, Stille B (1993) Intrapopulation nestclusters of maternal mtDNA lineages in the polygynous ant Leptothorax acervorum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Molecular Biology, 1, 117-121.
36. Strong KL, Grace JK (1993) Low allozyme variation in Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) colonies in Hawaii. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 69,51-56.
37. Su N-Y, Haverty MI (1991) Agonistic behavior among colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), from Florida and Hawaii: Lack of correlation with cuticular hydrocarbon composition. Journal of Insect Behaviour, 4,115-128.
38. Sundström L (1993) Genetic population structure and sociogenetic organization in Formica triincorum (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 33,345-354.
39. Thorne BL (1982) Termite-termite interactions: workers as an agonistic caste. Psyche, 89,133-150.
40. Wright S (1951) The genetical structure of populations. Annals of Eugenics, 15,323-354.