Thesis (Ph.D. Biological Sciences)--University of Waikato, 2009. / Title from PDF cover (viewed July 10, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-202)

The effects of natural preconditioning (source wood), wood species, and previous exposure of wood to two types of fungi on the feeding rates and protozoa survival in the Pacific dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Isoptera: Termospidae) were examined under laboratory conditions. Termites were exposed to four wood species that had been treated previously with a non-wood decay fungus or a wood decay fungus for various lengths of time, or were untreated. Termite feeding was measured in forced feeding and choice feeding tests, after which two types of gut protozoa (Trichomitopsis spp. and Trichonympha spp.) were counted. Wood species and previous fungal exposure both affected consumption rates and protozoa numbers in Z. angusticollis. The results indicated that pre-conditioning did not affect the amount of wood consumed or protozoa numbers in forced feeding tests, but sometimes affected protozoa numbers in choice feeding tests. Exposure of various conifer woods to an early colonizing white rot fungus, Stereum sanguinolentum, affected how much wood of a particular species was consumed by dampwood termites in both forced and choice feeding tests. Exposure of these woods to a non-wood decay fungus, Trichoderma viride, had little effect on wood consumption but did affect the numbers of one type of gut protozoan, Trichoniitopsis, in choice testing. / Graduation date: 1993

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1934. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [153-156]).

Thesis (Ph.D.) in Forest Resources--University of Maine, 2008. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-129).

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 1996. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (M.S.) in Civil Engineering--University of Maine, 2003. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-92 ).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1934. / Reprinted from The American journal of botany, Vol. 23, No. 2, 144-158, February, 1936 and No. 4, 235-254, April, 1936. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-149 and 248).

Thesis (Ph.D. Biological Sciences)--University of Waikato, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-439) Also available via the World Wide Web.

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