Inhibition of Fungal Spore Germination by Nasutitermes: Evidence for a Possible Antiseptic Role of Soldier Defensive Secretions

Disease resistance: a benefit of sociality in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Isoptera: Termopsidae)

Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Amy Maxmen, Laran E. Coates et al. · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1998 · 268 citations

Biology, Disease Resistance, Terrestrial Arthropod +4

Defense Mechanisms of Termites

Glenn D. Prestwich · Annual Review of Entomology · 1984 · 250 citations

Biology, Nutrition, Sufficient Protein +14

Antibiotic Production: a Possible Function for the Metapleural Glands of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Andrew J. Beattie, Christine Turnbull, Terryn Hough et al. · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1986 · 169 citations

Botany, Entomology, Possible Function +19

THE VULNERABILITY OF POLLEN AND FUNGAL SPORES TO ANT SECRETIONS: EVIDENCE AND SOME EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS

Andrew J. Beattie, Christine Turnbull, Terryn Hough et al. · American Journal of Botany · 1985 · 143 citations

Entomology, Plant Pathology, Fungal Species +16

Enemy deterrence in the recruitment strategy of a termite: Soldier-organized foraging in <i>Nasutitermes costalis</i>

James F. A. Traniello · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1981 · 130 citations · Full text

Neotropical Termite Nasutitermes, Engineering, Soldier Caste +17