Seasonal patterns of nitrogen fixation in termites

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 803-807

  Curtis, A D ^a   Waller, D A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycling; Ecology; Entomology; Forest ecosystems; Reticulitermes

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FIXATION; SEASONALITY; TERMITE;

EID: 0031646944     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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