Impacts of canopy cover on soil termite assemblages in an agrisilvicultural system in southern Cameroon

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Dibog, L ^a,b   Eggleton, P ^a   Norgrove, L ^c,d   Bignell, D E ^e   Hauser, S ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY; TERMITE;

CAMEROON;

HYMENOPTERA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS;

EID: 0033066051     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485399000206     Document Type: Article

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