Termites that build conspicuous nests in two areas of Atlantic Forest under different levels of anthropogenic disturbance;Térmitas construtores de ninhos conspícuos em duas áreas de mata Atlântica com diferentes níveis de perturbação antrópica

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-19

  Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^a   Bandeira, Adelmar G ^b   Almeida, Waltécio O ^c   Moura, Flávia M S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological indicator; Feeding group; Isoptera; Neotropical region; Richness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; NESTING;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 41749101765     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2008000100003     Document Type: Article

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