Termite (Insecta: Isoptera) species composition in a primary rain forest and agroforests in central Amazonia

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Ackerman, Ilse L ^a,e   Constantino, Reginaldo ^b   Gauch Jr , Hugh G ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Riha, Susan J ^c   Fernandes, Erick C M ^a,d  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Amazon; Biodiversity; Brazil; Rapid biodiversity assessment protocol; Soil ecology; Soil fauna; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERMITE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

APICOTERMITINAE; INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 61549128907     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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