Termites may help Daintree rainforest regeneration

Termites may help Daintree rainforest regeneration

The humble termite might have a role to play in rainforest regeneration. Termites, famously destructive, particularly in the tropics, are not popular in regenerated forests.   But ecologist, Dr Baptiste Wijas, of the US-based Cary Institute and the University of Queensland, and a team of collaborators, have been using termites and fungi, both decomposers, to help predict forest health and carbon sequestration rates in replanted sections of Far N…