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    Effect of Desert Termites on Herbage and Litter in a Shortgrass Ecosystem in West Texas

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    Author
    Bodine, M. C.
    Ueckert, D. N.
    Issue Date
    1975-09-01
    Keywords
    Texas
    
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    Bodine, M. C., & Ueckert, D. N. (1975). Effect of desert termites on herbage and litter in a shortgrass ecosystem in west Texas. Journal of Range Management, 28(5), 353-358.
    Publisher
    Society for Range Management
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    Journal of Range Management
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/646955
    DOI
    10.2307/3897490
    Additional Links
    https://rangelands.org/
    Abstract
    The desert termite, Gnathamitermes tubiformans, is an important insect on rangelands in the southwestern United States. Population densities of this insect averaged 2139/m2 in the upper 30 cm of soil in a shortgrass community in West Texas over a 3-year period and reached a peak of 9127/m2 The live biomass of termites averaged 5.2 g/m2 and reached a peak of 22.21 g/m2. In a laboratory study, desert termite workers consumed 2.4% of their live body weight/day of dry buffalograss leaves. In field studies, control of desert termites with insecticide resulted in a 22% increase in standing crop of grass and a 50% increase in litter accumulation by the end of the second growing season after control was initiated. Termite-free plots had almost three times more litter than termite-infested plots after four growing seasons. Desert termites accounted for 55% of the disappearance of litter from the soil surface. Ranchers can expect higher population densities of desert termites and hence greater consumption of forage and litter during wet years.
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    ISSN
    0022-409X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.2307/3897490
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