Effects of termite exclusion on decay of a high-density wood in tropical rain forests of Peninsular Malaysia

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Takamura, K ^a   Kirton, L G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Lowland tropical rain forest; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Termite exclusion; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MALAYSIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

DECOMPOSITION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; RAINFOREST; TERMITE; WOOD;

MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; ISOPTERA; MACROPHYLLUM; PARANEPHELIUM MACROPHYLLUM; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0032730817     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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