Rainfall and air humidity: Non-linear relationships with termite swarming in Amazonia

Amazoniana

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 387-397

  Martius, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate factors; Dispersal flight; Rainforest; Secondary forest; Termites

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; RAINFALL; SWARMING; TERMITE; TRAPPING;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 4043157242     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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