Seasonality of soil termites in a humid tropical forest, Mbalmayo, southern Cameroon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-850

  Dibog, Luc ^a,b   Eggleton, Paul ^a   Forzi, Francis ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Abundance; Rainfall; Seasonal fluctuation; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0032442271     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467498000601     Document Type: Article

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