Respiratory gas exchanges of termites from the Sabah (Borneo) assemblage

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-17

  Jeeva, D ^a   Bignell, David E ^a   Eggleton, P ^b   Maryati, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; CH4 emission; CO2 emission; Methane cycle; Respiration; Respiratory quotient; Termites

Indexed keywords

HAVILANDITERMES ATRIPENNIS; HOSPITALITERMES HOSPITALIS; MACROTERMES GILVUS; MACROTERMES MALACCENSIS; PROHAMITERMES MIRABILIS; TERMES BORNEENSIS;

EID: 0032982281     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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