Reproductive success of Macrotermes bellicosus (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) in two neighbouring habitats

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-191

  Korb, Judith ^a   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; Fitness; Lifetime reproductive success; Savannah; Termites

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAVANNA; TERMITE;

COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES BELLICOSUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0033028571     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050717     Document Type: Article

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