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Nonrelatives inherit colony resources in a primitive termite by Johns, Philip M, Howard, Kenneth J, Breisch, Nancy L, Rivera, Anahi, Thorne, Barbara L

“…The evolution of eusociality, especially how selection would favor sterility or subfertility of most individuals within a highly social colony, is an…”
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Evolution of Eusociality and the Soldier Caste in Termites: Influence of Intraspecific Competition and Accelerated Inheritance by Thorne, Barbara L., Breisch, Nancy L., Muscedere, Mario L.

“…We present new hypotheses and report experimental evidence for powerful selective forces impelling the evolution of both eusociality and the soldier caste in…”
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Frequent colony fusions provide opportunities for helpers to become reproductives in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis by Howard, Kenneth J., Johns, Philip M., Breisch, Nancy L., Thorne, Barbara L.

“…In many termite taxa, colonies occupying the same nesting resource can meet, interact, and merge with unrelated conspecific neighbors. Because proto-termite…”
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Clinical and entomological factors influence the outcome of sting challenge studies by Golden, David B.K., Breisch, Nancy L., Hamilton, Robert G., Guralnick, Miles W., Greene, Albert, Craig, Timothy J., Kagey-Sobotka, Anne

“…The reported frequency of systemic reactions to challenge sting varies greatly. To evaluate the interaction of clinical and entomological factors that…”
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Effects of Sublethal Exposure to Imidacloprid on Subsequent Behavior of Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes virginicus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) by Thorne, Barbara L., Breisch, Nancy L.

“…Experiments were conducted to determine whether subterranean termites, Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), previously exposed to sublethal doses of imidacloprid…”
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Avoidance of bee and wasp stings: an entomological perspective by Greene, Albert, Breisch, Nancy L

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWClinicians and researchers in allergy and immunology are often unaware of aspects of stinging insect biology that would be of practical…”
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Morphology and gonad development of normal soldiers and reproductive soldiers of the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis nevadensis (Isoptera, Archotermopsidae) by Johnson, Susan E, Breisch, Nancy L, Momen, Bahram, Thorne, Barbara L

“…Reproductive or neotenic soldiers of the Archotermopsid Zootermopsis nevadensisnevadensis (Hagen) are compared to sterile soldiers and primary male…”
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Longevity of Kings and Queens and First Time of Production of Fertile Progeny in Dampwood Termite (Isoptera; Termopsidae; Zootermopsis) Colonies with Different Reproductive Structures by Thorne, Barbara L., Breisch, Nancy L., Haverty, Michael I.

“…1. We report age-specific survivorship of founding kings and queens and colony age of first production of fertile progeny (alates) of two cohorts, containing…”
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Measuring Integrated Pest Management Programs for Public Buildings by Greene, Albert, Breisch, Nancy L

“…Integrated pest management (IPM) tends to be perceived by different stakeholder groups either as a methodology for effective pest control or as an ideology of…”
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Effect of Organic and Inorganic Landscape Mulches on Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Foraging Activity by Long, Catherine E, Thorne, Barbara L, Breisch, Nancy L, Douglass, Larry W

“…This research investigated whether organic and inorganic landscape mulches, which buffer soils against temperature extremes and desiccation, create conditions…”
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Evaluation of mark-release-recapture methods for estimating forager population size of subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) colonies by Thorne, B.L. (University of Maryland, College Park, MD.), Russek-Cohen, E, Forschler, B.T, Breisch, N.L, Traniello, J.F.A

“…An evaluation of the application of mark-release-recapture models to assess foraging population sizes of subterranean termite colonies is presented. A…”
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A Technique for Efficient Sorting of Live Termites from Debris by Barbara L. Thorne, Nancy L. Breisch

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Effects of sublethal exposure to imidacloprid on subsequent behavior of subterranean termite Reticulitennes virginicus (Isoptera : Rhinotermitidae) by THORNE, Barbara L, BREISCH, Nancy L

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Caverns of Concrete: Urban Karst Is a Challenging Frontier of Urban Entomology by Greene, Albert, Breisch, Nancy L

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An Immense Concentration of Orb-Weaving Spiders With Communal Webbing in a Man-Made Structural Habitat (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae, Araneidae) by Greene, Albert, Coddington, Jonathan A., Breisch, Nancy L., De Roche, Dana M., Pagac, Benedict B.

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Sting Embedment and Avulsion in Yellowjackets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): a Functional Equivalent to Autotomy by Greene, Albert, Breisch, Nancy L., Golden, David B. K., Kelly, Denise, Douglass, Larry W.

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The Mediterranean Recluse Spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour): An Abundant but Cryptic Inhabitant of Deep Infrastructure in the Washington, D.C. Area (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae) by Greene, Albert, Breisch, Nancy L., Boardman, Thomas, Pagac, Benedict B., Kunickis, Edward, Howes, Randall K., Brown, Paul V.

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