Stable isotope rations and uric acid preservation in termites belonging to three feeding habits in Thailand

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-272

  Tayasu, I ^a   Hyodo, F ^a   Takematsu, Y ^a   Sugimoto, A ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Kirtibutr, N ^a   Abe, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Isoptera; Lichen feeder; Natural variations; Nitrogen 15; Soil feeder; Termite; Uric acid; Wood feeder

Indexed keywords

DIET; EVERGREEN FOREST; ISOTOPIC RATIO; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERMITE; URIC ACID;

THAILAND;

DICUSPIDITERMES MAKHAMENSIS; HOSPITALITERMES ATARAMENSIS; HOSPITALITERMES BIRMANICUS; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES CRASSUS; TERMITIDAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; LICHENS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; THAILAND; TREE; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOPTERA; LICHENS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOIL; THAILAND; TREES; URIC ACID; WOOD;

EID: 0034351130     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010008036386     Document Type: Article

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