{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]],"date-time":"2025-10-23T05:50:06Z","timestamp":1761198606991,"version":"build-2065373602"},"reference-count":18,"publisher":"Pensoft Publishers","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]],"date-time":"2025-10-23T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1761177600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["BDJ"],"abstract":"\n From 2011 to 2024, the Azorean Government tested two coordinated monitoring programmes across the archipelago to survey four invasive termite species: the West Indian drywood termite,\n Cryptotermes brevis<\/jats:italic>\n (Walker, 1853); the yellow-necked drywood termite,\n Kalotermes flavicollis<\/jats:italic>\n (Fabricius, 1793); the Western European subterranean termite,\n Reticulitermes grassei<\/jats:italic>\n Cl\u00e9ment, 1978; and the eastern subterranean termite,\n Reticulitermes flavipes<\/jats:italic>\n (Kollar, 1837). The monitoring programme was mostly directed to the detection of\n C. brevis<\/jats:italic>\n in new locations. Drywood species were detected on multiple islands, with\n C. brevis<\/jats:italic>\n established on six islands (from west to east: Faial, Pico, S\u00e3o Jorge, Terceira, S\u00e3o Miguel and Santa Maria) and exhibiting the highest infestation densities in the urban centres of the three most important islands in terms of economic activity and human population (S\u00e3o Miguel, Terceira and Faial).\n Kalotermes flavicollis<\/jats:italic>\n occurs more sporadically, primarily along the south coasts of Terceira, S\u00e3o Miguel and southeast coast of Faial and seldom attains the pest status of\n C. brevis<\/jats:italic>\n . In contrast, the two\n Reticulitermes<\/jats:italic>\n species remain restricted to localised subterranean infestations:\n Reticulitermes grassei<\/jats:italic>\n in Horta (Faial) and\n R. flavipes<\/jats:italic>\n near Lajes Air Force Base (Terceira), each detected via house inspection visits. Collectively, these efforts provide the first comprehensive, archipelago-wide dataset on termite presence, laying the groundwork for targeted Integrated Pest Management strategies in the Azores.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Records of\n Cryptotermes brevis<\/jats:italic>\n overwhelmingly dominated the monitoring data, comprising 1,801 of the 1,832 total events (98%), a pattern consistent with previous surveys of its rapid spread in the Azorean urban environment. These detections were heavily concentrated on two islands: Terceira (n = 919) and S\u00e3o Miguel (n = 755). In contrast, Faial, Pico and Santa Maria each yielded roughly 40 records and S\u00e3o Jorge only seven. Annual trap\u2010capture counts across all islands increased steadily from approximately 40 captures in 2011 to 154 in 2024, peaking at 185 in 2023.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Kalotermes flavicollis<\/jats:italic>\n was the second most frequently recorded species (n = 24), with most records originating on S\u00e3o Miguel, mirroring its more restricted distribution. The two subterranean termites,\n Reticulitermes grassei<\/jats:italic>\n and\n R. flavipes<\/jats:italic>\n , were documented exclusively on Faial and Terceira, respectively, consistent with their historically limited foothold in the archipelago.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Now established on every surveyed island and exhibiting an upward trajectory in annual detection counts,\n C. brevis<\/jats:italic>\n remains the foremost urban termite threat in the Azores. To forestall further structural outbreaks, Integrated Pest Management should place sustained emphasis on early detection \u2014 through year-round trap checks \u2014 and on heightened public awareness, by encouraging residents to report both the characteristic pin-sized faecal pellets and any termite occurrence observed during swarming periods.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/bdj.13.e164834","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]],"date-time":"2025-10-23T05:45:07Z","timestamp":1761198307000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A 13-year termite (Insecta, Blattodea) monitoring programme in the Azores: Dataset and findings"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8448-7623","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Paulo","family":"Borges","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"IUCN SSC Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Azores, Portugal"},{"name":"IUCN SSC Monitoring Specialist Group, Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Azores, Portugal"},{"name":"University of Azores, CE3C\u2014Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE \u2014Global Change and Sustainability Institute, School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Rua Capit\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o d\u2019\u00c1vila, Pico da Urze, 9700-042, Angra do Hero\u00edsmo, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"S\u00f3nia","family":"Bettencourt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ac\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional do Ambiente e A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Rua C\u00f4nsul Dabney, Col\u00f3nia Alem\u00e3, Apartado 140, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Dejalme","family":"Vargas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ac\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional do Ambiente e A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Rua C\u00f4nsul Dabney, Col\u00f3nia Alem\u00e3, Apartado 140, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"Medeiros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ac\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional do Ambiente e A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Rua C\u00f4nsul Dabney, Col\u00f3nia Alem\u00e3, Apartado 140, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Melo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ac\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional do Ambiente e A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Rua C\u00f4nsul Dabney, Col\u00f3nia Alem\u00e3, Apartado 140, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ac\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Dire\u00e7\u00e3o Regional do Ambiente e A\u00e7\u00e3o Clim\u00e1tica, Rua C\u00f4nsul Dabney, Col\u00f3nia Alem\u00e3, Apartado 140, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"164834_B13240571","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1653\/024.095.0131"},{"journal-title":"T\u00e9rmitas dos A\u00e7ores","year":"2007","author":"Borges","key":"164834_B13240724"},{"key":"164834_B13240584","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jisesa\/ieu034"},{"key":"164834_B13240612","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3897\/bdj.10.e97682"},{"article-title":"Monitoring termites in the Azores archipelago: A comprehensive dataset (2011\u20132024)","year":"2025","author":"Borges","key":"164834_B13242167"},{"key":"164834_B13240423","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.2674"},{"key":"164834_B13240691","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ece3.3819"},{"key":"164834_B13240600","first-page":"39","article-title":"Termites (Isoptera) in the Azores: an overview of the four invasive species currently present in the archipelago","volume":"30","author":"Ferreira","year":"2013","journal-title":"Arquip\u00e9lago. 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