Confirmation of soil-feeding termites (Isoptera; Termitidae; Termitinae) in Australia using stable isotope ratios

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 536-542

  Tayasu, I ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Miller, L R ^b   Sugimoto, A ^a   Takeichi, S ^a   Abe, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Humification; Isotope effect; Nitrogen fixation; Phylogeny; Wood feeding

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; SOIL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERMITE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMITERMES; CAPRITERMES; CUBITERMES; EPHELOTERMES; EPHELOTERMES MELACHOMA; ISOPTERA; TERMES; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE; XYLOCHOMITERMES; XYLOCHOMITERMES MELVILLENSIS;

EID: 0031705454     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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