Feeding group responses of a Neotropical termite assemblage to rain forest fragmentation

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-242

  Davies, Richard G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass collapse; Forest islands; Soil feeder; Species richness; Wood feeder

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECOMPOSITION; DIEBACK; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

FRENCH GUIANA;

FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0036927768     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1011-8     Document Type: Article

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