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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW
1.1.0 Introduction
1.1.1 Background
1.1.2 Justification of the study
1.1.3 Objective of the study
1.1.4 Hypothesis
1.1.5 Statement of the problem
CHAPTER TWO MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1 Methodology
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Study site
3.1.3 Description of vegetation and soils of study site
3.1.4. Socio-economic activities in the study site
3.1.5. Sampling techniques and observational studies
3.1.5.4. Feeding habits
.3.2 MATERIALS
3.2.1 Materials
CHAPTER THREE RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Composition of termite groups
4.2 Social organization (workers and soldiers)
4.2.1. Reproductives (queen, king and alates (termite swarmers))
4.2.2. Workers
4.2.3. Soldiers
4.2.4. Diet
4.3. Termitogenic structures (Mounds and shelter tubes)
4.3.1. Shelter tubes
4.4. Mounds
4.4.1. Mound occurrence and shape
4.4.2. How the mound copes with temperature variation
4.4.3 Internal structures of the mound
4.3.4. Feeding and foraging
4.4.5. Vegetation cover around the mound
5.1. Ecological Interaction
5.1.1. Decomposition and nutrient cycling
5.1.2. Habitat for other organisms and breeding site
6.0. Conclusion
7.0. Reference
- Quote paper
- Dancan Mwangi (Author), 2015, Observation of social organization, nesting and ecological interaction of termites in a semi-arid ecosystem, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/294155
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