Patrick V. Gleeson

TL;DR: Forager population size of two species of mound‐building, subterranean termite (Coptotermes lacteus, Rhinotermitidae and Nasutitermes exitiosus, Termitidae) was estimated using three mark–recapture protocols using violation of the assumptions of the protocols.

TL;DR: Colony population size of Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt), a species of mound- building, wood-eating, subterranean termite from tropical Australia, was estimated using a mark— recapture protocol and by direct counts of individuals collected from mounds, suggesting that the difficulties with mark-recapture protocols are not limited to 1 habitat type or species, and that mark—recaptur protocols do not estimate population size accurately.

TL;DR: The number of foraging Coptotermes lacteus in artificial feeding stations was examined over 24-h periods during summer and winter in temperate Australia, indicating that daily and seasonal weather patterns do influence subterranean wood-feeding termites.

TL;DR: The more than four-fold difference between large, folded paper-plus-wood baits with inspections at two months demonstrates that bait efficacy can be altered considerably merely by changing bait design without adding new ingredients to the bait matrix.

TL;DR: A simple staining technique that avoided handling the spiders, so they capitalized on their predacious nature and offered them stained prey, and tested two non-toxic, fat stains that are suitable as markers in termites, Nile Blue A and Sudan Yellow.