Termite assemblages in a West-African semi-deciduous forest and teak plantations

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 318-326

  Attignon, Serge Eric ^a,b   Lachat, Thibault ^b   Sinsin, Brice ^a   Nagel, Peter ^b   Peveling, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Semi deciduous tropical forest; Teak plantations; Termite assemblage; Termite diversity

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; TERMITE;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; LAMA FOREST RESERVE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; ZOU;

ANCISTROTERMES; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 28744437588     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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