Table of Contents
Chapter 1: In Memoriam Martin Lüscher (1917-1979): His Contributions to Insect Physiology and Sociobiology
Section B: Pathways of Caste Development in Principal Termite Groups
Chapter 2: Genetic Relations Among Castes in Lower Termites
Chapter 3: Caste Development in Mastotermes and Kalotermes: Which is Primitive?
Chapter 4: Pathways of Caste Development in the Lower Termites
Chapter 5: Dynamic Study of Polymorphism in Schedorhinotermes lamanianus (Rhinotermitidae)
Chapter 6: The Caste System in Higher Termites
Chapter 7: Caste Polymorphism in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes michaelseni (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae)
Section C: Environment and Caste Composition Regulation
Chapter 8: Development of Neotenics in Mastotermes darwiniensis Froggatt: An Alternative Strategy
Chapter 9: Is Inter- and Intraspecific Variability of Lower Termite Neotenic Numbers due to Adaptive Thresholds for Neotenic Elimination?—Considerations from Studies on Porotermes adamsoni (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Termopsidae)
Chapter 10: Reproductive Strategies in Cryptotermes: Neotenic Production in Indigenous and "Tramp" Species in Australia (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Chapter 11: The Function of the Royal Pair in the Society of Kalotermes flavicollis (Fabr.) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
Chapter 12: Differentiation of Reproductives in Higher Termites
Chapter 13: Multiple Primary Reproductives in the Termite Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjãstedt)
Chapter 14: Replacement of Reproductives in Macrotermitinae (Isoptera, Termitidae)
Chapter 15: Some Observations on the Initiation and Regulation of Castes in Nests of the Termite Macrotermes michaelseni in the Field
Section D: Hormones and Caste Determination
Chapter 16: The Role of Pheromones in Termite Caste Differentiation
Chapter 17: The Role of Hormones in Social Polymorphism and Reproduction in Kalotermes flavicollis Fabr.
Chapter 18: Hormonal Mechanisms of Soldier Differentiation in Postelectroterms nayari
Chapter 19: The Role of Juvenile Hormones and Juvenoids in Soldier Formation in Rhinotermitidae
Chapter 20: Homeostatic Mechanisms Affecting Caste Composition in Groups of Nasutitermes nigriceps (Isoptera: Termitidae) Exposed to a Juvenile Hormone Analogue
Chapter 21: Mechanisms of Caste Determination in a Higher Termite, Macrotermes michaelseni (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae)
Chapter 22: Titres of Juvenile Hormone and Ecdysteroids in Reproductives and Eggs of Macrotermes michaelseni: Relation to Caste Determination?
Section E: Caste Differentiation in Other Social Insects
Chapter 23: Soldier Determination in Ants of the Genus Pheidole
Chapter 24: Sequence of Caste Differentiation Steps in Apis mellifera
Chapter 25: Extrinsic Control of Caste Differentiation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) and in other Apidae
Chapter 26: Physiological Aspects of Caste Differentiation in Social Wasps
Chapter 27: Comparative Aspects of Caste Differentiation in Social Insects
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