Termites may have a larger role in future ecosystems

Credit: Evan Garcia/University of Miami

Amy Zanne is the Aresty Chair of Tropical Ecology in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Biology.

« Termites may have a larger role in future ecosystems

Credit: Photo courtesy of Rafael Oliveira

Amy Zanne with graduate student Mariana Nardi and postdoctoral fellow Paulo Negri from Universidade Estadual de Campinas near termite mounds in tropical cerrado savanna in Chapada dos Veadieros National Park.

« Termites may have a larger role in future ecosystems

Credit: Photo courtesy of Thomas Chouvenc

Asian subterranean termite (Coptotermes gestroi) soldier in carton nest. C. gestroi is a wood-feeding termite.

« Termites may have a larger role in future ecosystems

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