Fungal communities of the foraging soil sheeting built by several fungus-growing termite species (Isoptera, termitidae: Macrotermitinae) in a dry savanna (Thiès, Senegal)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 899-914

  Diouf, M ^a   Brauman, A ^b   Miambi, E ^a   Rouland Lefevre C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Culturable fungi; DGGE; Fungal communities; Macrotermitinae; Termite sheeting

Indexed keywords

ANCISTROTERMES; ANCISTROTERMES GUINEENSIS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES SUBHYALINUS; MACROTERMITINAE; ODONTOTERMES NILENSIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 18944392409     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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