Feeding groups, lifetypes and the global ecology of termites

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 941-960

  Eggleton, Paul ^a   Tayasu, Ichiro ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological evolution; Energetics; Functional classifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038089782     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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