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| Title |
Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, July 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-7-115 |
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| Authors |
Duur K Aanen, Vera ID Ros, Henrik H de Fine Licht, Jannette Mitchell, Z Wilhelm de Beer, Bernard Slippers, Corinne Rouland-LeFèvre, Jacobus J Boomsma |
| Abstract |
Termites of the subfamily Macrotermitinae live in a mutualistic symbiosis with basidiomycete fungi of the genus Termitomyces. Here, we explored interaction specificity in fungus-growing termites using samples from 101 colonies in South-Africa and Senegal, belonging to eight species divided over three genera. Knowledge of interaction specificity is important to test the hypothesis that inhabitants (symbionts) are taxonomically less diverse than 'exhabitants' (hosts) and to test the hypothesis that transmission mode is an important determinant for interaction specificity. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 138 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 131 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 22% |
| Researcher | 27 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 5% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 89 | 64% |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 May 2020.
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#8,882,501
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#2,076
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#30,205
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#19
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