Sentence examples for termite population from inspiring English sources

Removal of scrap lumber from building sites will also reduce the termite population.

The termite population was very poor (3 4 ind m−²).

Baits are slow-acting insecticides which are consumed and then brought back to the colony where the chemicals spreads out across the wider termite population.

If there were less cattle eating the grass and shrubs in the semi-arid areas of Africa, would that result in increased termite populations which feast on the very plants that the cattle populations keep in check?

In New Orleans, Louisiana, where the Formosan subterranean termite occurs in high population densities, alates swarm between late April and June with a peak in mid-May (King and Spink 1974).

These observations imply that gut protists have acquired their Bacteroidales symbionts from a pool of the gut bacteria, which are largely comprised of an indigenous population to termites but may contain provisionally inhabiting species taken up by termites from the surrounding environment.

It has been noted that protist-associated bacterial species are one of the predominant populations in termite guts.

Considering that gut protists and their associated bacteria are major populations in termite guts [ 1, 72], the functional interactions are also important to understand how the gut microbial community works for efficient utilization of recalcitrant lignocellulose.

Information on the population size of termites is an important factor in developing strategies aimed at controlling termites.

It is important to underline that there is a correlation between termite diet and the intestinal microbial population suitable for digestion.

The current study was designed to test the possible effects of four heartwood extractives (Tectona grandis, Dalbergia sissoo, Cedrus deodara and Pinus roxburghii) on the mortality, feeding rate and protozoan population in two lower termites, Reticulitermes flavipes and Heterotermes indicola.