Theses completed at the Termitology Lab
(supervisor: Dr. Og DeSouza)
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While studying the organization of termite communities, we need sometimes to investigate termite populational parameters and even some features of termite colonies. To fully understand termite's detritivory, we need to inspect the ecology of other detritivores (such as Scarabaeidae) or even herbivores (such as Lepidoptera and Coleoptera).
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PhD theses
Castiblanco, G.J.Q. 2020. Multiscale analysis of the eusocial traffic dynamics. Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq) and FAPEMIG. [Portuguese translation: Análise multiescala da dinâmica do trânsito eussocial.]
Roxinol, J.A.M. 2020. The multiple use of feces by mound termites (Blattodea: Isoptera). Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [Portuguese translation: Os múltiplos usos das fezes pelos cupins (Blattodea: Isoptera).]
Rodrigues, V.B. 2017. Populational and individual interactions between inquilines and host termites. Federal University of Viçosa. Support: Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES).
[Original in Portuguese: Interações populacionais e individuais entre cupins inquilinos e hospedeiros.]
Costa, D.A. 2016. The costs of the meetings between host and inquiline termites. Federal University of Viçosa. Support: State Univ. of Mato Grosso.
[Original in Portuguese: Custos do encontro entre cupins inquilinos e hospedeiros (Blattodea: Isoptera).]
Cristaldo, P.F. 2014. Nest-sharing among a termite host and its obligatory inquiline. Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [Portuguese translation: Partilha de ninho entre cupim hospedeiro e seu inquilino obrigatório.]
Rosa,C.S. 2012. Interspecific interactions in termite mounds. PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Interações interespecífica em ninhos de cupins.]
Marins,A. 2012. Factors that enhence termite cohabitation inside termite mounds. PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by FAPEMIG. [original in Portuguese: Fatores que propiciam a coabitação de cupinzeiros por diferentes espécies de cupins.]
Florencio,D.F. 2010. Coexistence among termite species in termitaria by feeding use differences. PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Coexistência de espécies de cupins em cupinzeiros via diferenciação no uso dos recursos alimentares. ]
Araújo,F.S. 2010. Bottom-up and top-down effects regulating abundance in termites communities (Insecta: Isoptera). PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: . Efeitos bottom-up e top-down na regulacão da abundância em comunidades de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera).]
Mathews,T.T.G. 2009. Risks and bene fits of resource exploitation by termites (Insecta: Isoptera). PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Riscos e benefícios na exploração de recursos por cupins (Insecta: Isoptera). ]
Araújo, A.P.A. 2009. Regulation of foraging areas and structuring of termite communities. PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Regulação de áreas de forrageamento e estruturação de comunidades de cupins.]
Galbiati, C. 2004. Determinate of termites species richness (Insecta: Isoptera). PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Determinantes da riqueza de espécies de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) ]
Mugrabi, E. 2003. Maintenance of butterfly populations of the Genus Heliconius in an Industrial Siderurgic Complex . PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Tubarão Siderurgic Company(CST). [original in Portuguese: Manutenção de Populações de Borboletas do Gênero Heliconius em um Complexo Siderúrgico Industrial]
Teixeira, C. 2002. Insect-seed interaction: a positive view of the phenomenon. PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Sponsored by Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA). [original in Portuguese: Interação inseto-semente: uma visão positiva do fenômeno].
Louzada, J. N. C. 2000. Effects of forest fragmentation on the structure of Scarabaeidae community (Insecta: Coleoptera). PhD Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsed by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Efeitos da fragmentação florestal sobre a estrutura da comunidade de Scarbaeidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)].
______________________________________________________________MSc theses
Novaes,R.H. 2020. Optimization of termites sampling. MSc Thesis (Entomology),
Federal University of Viçosa. [original in portuguese: otimização das amostragens de cupins] .
Bueno,R.L.C. 2020. The photoprotective role of the pigmented cuticle in termites.
MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [portuguese translation: papel fotoprotetor da cuticula pigmentada nos cupins].
Clemente,L.O. 2019. Mandibular patterns for termite inquilines (Blattodea: Isoptera). MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [portuguese translation: padrão mandibular de cupins inquilinos (blattodea: isoptera)].
Guimarães,M.P.M. 2018. The maintenance of the wall: the differential investment in damage on termite nest
. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [Original in Portuguese: A manutenção da muralha: o investimento diferencial no reparo de danos em paredes de cupinzeiros]
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Carvalho,Y.C. 2018. Termitophile encounter may be costly to the termite host. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [Portuguese translation: Encontrar com o termitófilo pode ter custo para os cupins hospedeiros].
Nunes,L.F. 2018. Alarm detection in Constrictotermes cyphergaster: the ability to
read between lines. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [Portuguese translation: Detecção de alarme em Constrictotermes cyphergaster: a capacidade de ler entre linhas].
Ruiz,D.A.R. 2016. Movement of termite workers as a function of the social context. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Deslocamento dos operários de cupins em função do contexto social].
Pisno,R.M. 2016. Bases of cohabitation between beetles Staphylinidae and termites Termitidae. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Bases da cohabitação entre besouros Staphylinidae e cupins Termitidae].
Santos,H.H. 2016. Cohabitation and conflict in cohabiting termite species. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Coabitação e conflito em espécies de cupim coabitantes].
Castiblanco,G.J.Q. 2016. On the synergetic interactions between termite soldiers and workers. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. [Portuguese translation: sobre as interações sinergéticas entre soldados e operários em cupins.]
Rodrigues,V.B. 2013. Correlation between host reproduction and the presence of inquilines in termite nests . MSc Thesis (Entomology) , Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Correlação entre a reprodução do hospedeiro e a presença de inquilinos em cupins.]
Vargas-Niño,A.P. 2010. Contacts between individuals mediating sociability in
termites (Insecta: Isoptera).
MSc Thesis (Entomology)
, Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Contatos interindividuais mediando sociabilidade em cupins (Insecta: Isoptera).]
Cristaldo,P.F. 2010. Mechanisms of defense in termite nests (Insecta: Isoptera). MSc Thesis (Animal Biology), Federal University of Viçosa. ponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Mecanismos de defesa em ninhos de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera).]
Lima,M.M. 2008. Economic injury levels of termites (Insetca: Isoptera) in sugarcane. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Níveis de dano econômico para cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) em cana-de-açucar.]
Rosa,C. S. 2008. Interactions between termites (Insecta: Isoptera) and termitophiles. MSc Thesis (Animal Biology), Federal University of Viçosa. [original in Portuguese: Interações entre cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) e termitófilos.]
Marins,A. 2007. Agressivity in Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar)
(Insecta: Isoptera) submitted to stress.
MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa.
Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Agressividade em Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar) (Insecta: Isoptera) submetidos a estresse.]
Gonçalves,T.T. 2005. Determinants of tree ocupation by termites. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa.
Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Determinantes da ocupação de árvores por térmitas (insecta: isoptera).]
Araujo,A.P.A 2005. Why are there potential resource not explored by termites? MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa.
Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Por que existem recursos potenciais não explorados pelos cupins (Insecta: Isoptera)]
Assunção, E. D. 2002. Viability of artificial baits and manual collection for termite community sampling (Insecta: Isoptera). MSc Thesis
(Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Viabilidade de iscas artificiais e coleta manual na amostragem de comunidades de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera).]
Bernado, D. L. 2002. Improvements to the use of baits for termite sampling (Insecta: Isoptera).
MSc Thesis(Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Aperfeiçoamento do uso de iscas para amostragem de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera).]
Santos, C. A. 2000.
Social facilitation attenuating environmental stresses in Cornitermes cumulans termites (Insecta: Isoptera). MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Facilitação social como atenuante de estresse ambiental em cupins Cornitermes cumulans (Isoptera: Termitidae).]
Macedo, T. B. 1999. Termites in pastures: pests or not? MSc Thesis
(Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Cupins em pastagens: pragas ou não?.]
Fadini, M. A. M. 1998. Determinants of termite richness in Atlantic forest (Insecta: Isoptera).
MSc Thesis, Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Determinantes da riqueza de cupins (Insecta: Isoptera) em Mata Atlântica.]
Carneiro, M. A. A. 1997. Distributional patterns of galling insects in Bacharius conccina (Asteraceae). MSc Thesis, Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by
Brazilian National Council for Research (CNPq). [original in Portuguese: Padrões de distribuição de insetos indutores de galhas em Baccharis concinna (Asteraceae).]
Carvalho, V. 1996. Reproductive strategy of Podisius nigrispinus. MSc Thesis (Entomology), Federal University of Viçosa. Sponsored by Brazilian Agency for Personnel Development (CAPES). [original in Portuguese: Estratégia reprodutiva de Podisus nigrispinus].