Termite soil preferences and particle selections: Strategies related to ecological requirements

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Jouquet, P ^a   Lepage, M ^a   Velde, B ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Building; Macrotermitinae; Soil preferences; Termites

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PROPERTY; TERMITE;

COTE D'IVOIRE; LAMTO;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036219986     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-002-8269-z     Document Type: Article

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