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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3731-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3731-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Technical note
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20 Jun 2018
Technical note |
| 20 Jun 2018
| 20 Jun 2018
Technical note: Rapid image-based field methods improve the quantification of termite mound structures and greenhouse-gas fluxes
Philipp A. Nauer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne,
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
Eleonora Chiri
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne,
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
Research Institute of the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin
University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0810, Australia
David de Souza
Darwin Medical Imaging, Jape Homemaker Village, 356 Bagot Road,
Millner, Northern Territory 0810, Australia
Lindsay B. Hutley
Research Institute of the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin
University, Ellengowan Drive, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0810, Australia
Stefan K. Arndt
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne,
500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
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- Submillimetre mechanistic designs of termite-built structures S. Oberst et al. 10.1098/rsif.2020.0957
- Are wood-feeding and fungus-growing termites so different? Comparison of the organization and properties of Microcerotermes pakistanicus and Odontotermes obesus soil constructions in the Western Ghats, India A. Harit et al. 10.1007/s00040-021-00818-4
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- Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects M. Rhodes et al. 10.1111/brv.12802
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- Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions P. Nauer et al. 10.1073/pnas.1809790115
- Impacts of fungus-growing termites on surficial geology parameters: A review J. Van Thuyne & E. Verrecchia 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103862
- Termite-engineered microbial communities of termite nest structures: a new dimension to the extended phenotype H. Li & C. Greening 10.1093/femsre/fuac034
- Feature-preserving synthesis of termite-mimetic spinodal nest morphology S. Oberst & R. Martin 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108674
- Bi-layered architecture facilitates high strength and ventilation in nest mounds of fungus-farming termites N. Zachariah et al. 10.1038/s41598-020-70058-2
- Termite gas emissions select for hydrogenotrophic microbial communities in termite mounds E. Chiri et al. 10.1073/pnas.2102625118
- Methane Emissions Associated with Bald Cypress Knees Across the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley M. Martinez et al. 10.1007/s13157-024-01831-6
- RETRACTED: Hazardous effects of road-side soils on the redox and cholinesterasic homeostasis of mound-building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) L. Abadia et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152841
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- Advances in Nanoscale Study of Organomineral Complexes of Termite Mounds and Associated Soils: A Systematic Review P. Eze et al. 10.1155/2020/8087273
- Submillimetre mechanistic designs of termite-built structures S. Oberst et al. 10.1098/rsif.2020.0957
- Are wood-feeding and fungus-growing termites so different? Comparison of the organization and properties of Microcerotermes pakistanicus and Odontotermes obesus soil constructions in the Western Ghats, India A. Harit et al. 10.1007/s00040-021-00818-4
- A Small Nimble In Situ Fine-Scale Flux Method for Measuring Tree Stem Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Processes (S.N.I.F.F) L. Jeffrey et al. 10.1007/s10021-020-00496-6
- Recent advances in the remote sensing of insects M. Rhodes et al. 10.1111/brv.12802
- Hazardous Effects of Road-Side Soils on the Redox and Cholinesterasic Homeostasis of Mound-Building Termite Cornitermes Cumulans (Kollar) (Isoptera: Termitidae) L. Abadia et al. 10.2139/ssrn.3975199
- Revisiting stigmergy in light of multi-functional, biogenic, termite structures as communication channel S. Oberst et al. 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.08.012
- Characterising Termite Mounds in a Tropical Savanna with UAV Laser Scanning B. D’hont et al. 10.3390/rs13030476
- Termite mounds contain soil-derived methanotroph communities kinetically adapted to elevated methane concentrations E. Chiri et al. 10.1038/s41396-020-0722-3
- Termite mounds mitigate half of termite methane emissions P. Nauer et al. 10.1073/pnas.1809790115
- Impacts of fungus-growing termites on surficial geology parameters: A review J. Van Thuyne & E. Verrecchia 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103862
- Termite-engineered microbial communities of termite nest structures: a new dimension to the extended phenotype H. Li & C. Greening 10.1093/femsre/fuac034
- Feature-preserving synthesis of termite-mimetic spinodal nest morphology S. Oberst & R. Martin 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108674
- Bi-layered architecture facilitates high strength and ventilation in nest mounds of fungus-farming termites N. Zachariah et al. 10.1038/s41598-020-70058-2
- Termite gas emissions select for hydrogenotrophic microbial communities in termite mounds E. Chiri et al. 10.1073/pnas.2102625118
- Methane Emissions Associated with Bald Cypress Knees Across the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley M. Martinez et al. 10.1007/s13157-024-01831-6
- RETRACTED: Hazardous effects of road-side soils on the redox and cholinesterasic homeostasis of mound-building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) L. Abadia et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152841
Latest update: 25 Jul 2025
Short summary
Termites perform important biogeochemical processes in tropical ecosystems, but the complex structure of their mounds impede an accurate quantitative description. We present two novel low-cost field methods, based on photogrammetry and image analysis, to quantify the volume, surface area and porosities of termite mounds. The methods are accurate, rapid to apply and superior to traditional methods, and thus improve biogeochemical rate estimates such as greenhouse-gas fluxes from termite mounds.
Termites perform important biogeochemical processes in tropical ecosystems, but the complex...
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