Characterizing termite assemblages in fragmented forests: A test case in the Argentinian Chaco

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 637-646

  Roisin, Yves ^a   Leponce, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community composition; Habitat fragmentation; Isoptera; Sampling standardization; Spatial heterogeneity; Species accumulation; Species richness estimates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; JONES;

EID: 12244294059     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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