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Table 3 Correlation between environmental factors and population of termites species captured through “NIFA TERMAPs” from urban environment (Islamabad)

From: Impact of environmental factors on the population dynamics, density and foraging activities of Odontotermes lokanandi and Microtermes obesi in Islamabad

Termites species

Atmospheric temp (°C)

Relative humidity (%)

Precipitation (mm)

M. obesi

r =0.717*, P = 0.00

r = −0.030 ns, P = 0.889

r = 0.608*, P = 0.002

O. lokanandi

r = 0.766*, P = 0.00

r = − 0.077 ns, P = 0.721

r = 0.557*, P = 0.004

  1. * = Significantly different at 5% level of significance: ns Non-significant.