Caste-specific N and C isotope ratios in fungus-growing termites with special reference to uric acid preservation and their nutritional interpretation

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-361

  Tayasu, I ^a,b   Hyodo, F ^a   Abe, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Fungus grower; Isoptera; Macrotermitinae; Nitrogen dynamics; Polyethism; Termitidae; Trophic enrichment; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CASTE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

CAMEROON; THAILAND;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036098074     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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