The first fossil fungus gardens of Isoptera: Oldest evidence of symbiotic termite fungiculture (Miocene, Chad basin)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 610-615

  Duringer, Philippe ^a   Schuster, Mathieu ^b   Genise, Jorge F ^c   Likius, Andossa ^d   Mackaye, Hassan Taisso ^d   Vignaud, Patrick ^e   Brunet, Michel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Fossil fungus; Fungus gardens; Isoptera; Symbiotic; Termite fungiculture

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; FECES; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; ISOPTERA; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHAD; FOSSILS; FUNGI; GEOGRAPHY; ISOPTERA; SYMBIOSIS;

AFRICA; CHAD BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE; TERMITOMYCES;

EID: 33751421059     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0149-3     Document Type: Article

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