The causes of spatial patterning of mounds of a fungus-cultivating termite: Results from nearest-neighbour analysis and ecological studies

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 324-333

  Korb, Judith ^a,b   Linsenmair, Karl Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; Intraspecific competition; Population dynamics; Predation; Termites

Indexed keywords

NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERMITE;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0035031862     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000597     Document Type: Article

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