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Additional Reading
K. Krishna and F.M. Weesner (eds.), Biology of Termites, 2 vol. (1969–70), an advanced treatise, dealing with the fundamental aspects of termite biology; S.H. Skaife, Dwellers in Darkness (1961), a popular account of termites for the informed layperson; W.V. Harris, Termites: Their Recognition and Control, 2nd ed. (1971); and T.E. Snyder, Our Enemy the Termite, rev. ed. (1948), two general works, with emphases on termite control.
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| Modified link of Web site: Oregon State University - Entomology Extension - Termites (PDF). | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - The evolution of body size in termites. | Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - Editorial: Advances in the Evolutionary Ecology of Termites. | Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Biology - Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Termite-engineered microbial communities of termite nest structures: a new dimension to the extended phenotype. | Jun 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mississippi State University Extension Service - Termites. | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Termites and microbial biological control strategies (PDF). | Mar 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Termites. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Colorado State University Extension - Termites. | May 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Termites: How to Identify and Control Them. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Termite. | Mar 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Museum - Termites. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Termite. | Oct 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems - Termites: General Features and Ecosystem Services. | Aug 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NC State Extension - Termites - Biology and Control. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Termites: What to Know. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: UC Berkeley�s College of Natural Resources - Isoptera. | Feb 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oregon State University - Entomology Extension - Termites (PDF). | Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Animals - Termite. | Mar 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Termite. | Mar 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Wildlife Federation - Termite. | Mar 30, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: BioKIDS - Isoptera. | May 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Termite. | Dec 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Termite. | Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Termite. | Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Termite. | Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A&M University - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Termite. | Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 15, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Termite. | May 19, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Termites Work. | May 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Scarafaggio.com - Subterranean Termite Biology. | Aug 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Behaviour - Termite Biology. | Aug 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: College of Food Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of Ohio State University - Biology of Subterranean Termites in the Eastern United States. | Aug 01, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: BugGuide - Order Isoptera: Termites. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: BugGuide - Order Isoptera: Termites. | Jun 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 23, 1998 |
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