Termite assemblage collapse along a land-use intensification gradient in lowland central Sumatra, Indonesia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 380-391

  Jones, David T ^a   Susilo, F X ^b   Bignell, D E ^c,f   Hardiwinoto, S ^d   Gillison, A N ^e   Eggleton, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e Centre for Biodiversity Management   (Australia)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Disturbance; Isoptera; Rain forest; Selective logging; Soil communities; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; TERMITE;

INDONESIA; JAMBI PROVINCE; SUNATRA;

FALCATARIA MOLUCCANA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; ISOPTERA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PARASERIANTHES; PARASERIANTHES FALCATARIA;

EID: 0037971470     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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