Effects of habitat disturbance on the termite fauna in a highland humid forest in the Caatinga domain, Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-127

  Bandeira, Adelmar G ^a   Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^a   Silva, Moabe P ^a   Constantino, Reginaldo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Habitat change; Northeastern Brazil; Species richness; Termites

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA;

EID: 0037731338     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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