Habitat-specific life-history variation in the Caribbean termite Nasutitermes acajutlae (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 606-613

  Jeyasingh, Punidan D ^a,b   Fuller, Claire A ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Habitat; Individual fitness; Life history; Nasutitermes acajutlae; Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

COLONY STRUCTURE; DEAD WOOD; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

CHRISTIA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES ACAJUTLAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 5344253323     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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