Sampling termites in forest habitats: A reply to Roisin and Leponce

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-431

  Jones, David T ^a   Davies, Richard G ^a,b   Eggleton, Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Functional diversity; Isoptera; Sampling standardization; Termite biogeography

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; SAMPLING; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 33745156780     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01630.x     Document Type: Review

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