Carbon mineralization by termites in tropical forests, with emphasis on fungus combs

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Yamada, Akinori ^a,b,f   Inoue, Tetsushi ^c,d   Wiwatwitaya, Decha ^c   Ohkuma, Moriya ^b,c,d   Kudo, Toshiaki ^b,c,e   Abe, Takuya ^a   Sugimoto, Atsuko ^a,g  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Fungus combs; Respiration; Termites; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FUNGUS; LITTERFALL; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RESPIRATION; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

EID: 29144495397     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0062-9     Document Type: Article

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