The spatial distribution of termites in shortgrass steppe: A geostatistical approach

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-416

  Crist, Thomas O ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atriplex canescens; Cross correlation; Reticulitermes tibialis; Semivariance; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOSTATISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEEPE; TERMITE;

USA, COLORADO;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031960168     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050464     Document Type: Article

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