Publication detail
Investigation of subterranean termites nest material composition, structure and properties
PTÁČEK, P. BRANDŠTETR, J. ŠOUKAL, F. OPRAVIL, T.
Original Title
Investigation of subterranean termites nest material composition, structure and properties
Type
book chapter
Language
English
Original Abstract
Termites (Isoptera) are colourless or white insect sometimes called (white ants) but they are intimate relatives of cockroaches. The organization of termite community definitely belongs to the most complicated in the nature hence termites are described as the eusocial - insect. Termites are distributed all over the world from the 47 degree Northern latitude to the 47 degree Southern latitude, but they are extremely abundant in the tropical rainforest. Until today there are recognized about 3 000 termite species in the 9 families but two of them became extinct.
Keywords
Termites nest, properties of inorganic materials, white ants.
Authors
PTÁČEK, P.; BRANDŠTETR, J.; ŠOUKAL, F.; OPRAVIL, T.
RIV year
2013
Released
3. 6. 2013
Publisher
Intech
Location
Rieka, Croatia
ISBN
978-953-51-1140-5
Book
Materials science, Advanced topics
Edition
Intech
Edition number
1
Pages from
519
Pages to
549
Pages count
30
BibTex
@inbook{BUT106806,
author="Petr {Ptáček} and Jiří {Brandštetr} and František {Šoukal} and Tomáš {Opravil}",
title="Investigation of subterranean termites nest material composition, structure and properties",
booktitle="Materials science, Advanced topics",
year="2013",
publisher="Intech",
address="Rieka, Croatia",
series="Intech",
edition="1",
pages="519--549",
doi="10.5772/56700",
isbn="978-953-51-1140-5"
}