Abundance and diversity of termites in a savanna woodland reserve in tropical Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-314

  Dawes Gromadzki, Tracy Z ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional groups; Northern Territory; Termite assemblage structure; Termite sampling; Wood feeders

Indexed keywords

EPHELOTERMES; EUCALYPTUS; ISOPTERA; MACROGNATHOTERMES; MASTOTERMITIDAE; NASUTITERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 55149086155     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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