Response of termite community and wood decomposition rates to habitat fragmentation in a subtropical dry forest

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-49

  Genet, J A ^a   Genet, K S ^a   Burton, T M ^a   Murphy, P G ^a   Lugo, A E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Isoptera; Puerto Rico; Subtropical dry forest; Termites; Wood decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DRY FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; TERMITE; WOODY DEBRIS;

PUERTO RICO;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 0035182264     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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