The effects of temperature on the architecture and distribution of Macrotermes bellicosus (isoptera, macrotermitinae) mounds in different habitats of a West African Guinea savanna

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-65

  Korb, J ^a   Linsenmair, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gallery forest; Ivory Coast; Savanna; Termites; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOUND STRUCTURE; SAVNNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; TERMITE;

COTE D'LVOIRE, COMOE NATIONAL PARK;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS; MACROTERMITINAE;

EID: 0031966366     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050068     Document Type: Article

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