Foraging activity and demographic patterns of two termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) living in urban landscapes in southeastern Brazil

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-697

  Arab, Alberto ^a   Costa Leonardo, Ana Maria ^b   Casarin, Fabiana Elaine ^b   Guaraldo, André de Camargo ^b   Chaves, Ricardo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Isoptera; Mark release recapture; Rhinotermitidae; Subterranean termites; Territory size; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PEST SPECIES; TERMITE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HETEROTERMES TENUIS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 30444451464     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.098     Document Type: Article

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