The termite (Insecta: Isoptera) fauna of Pasoh Forest Reserve, Malaysia

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-91

  Jones, David T ^a   Brendell, Martin J D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kalotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae; Species composition; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245367     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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