Termite Diversity along an Amazon-Andes Elevation Gradient, Peru

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Palin, Olivia F ^a   Eggleton, Paul ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^a   Girardin, Cécile A J ^a   Rozas Dávila, Angela ^c   Parr, Catherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Altitude; Decomposition; Ecosystem engineer; Functional groups; Indirect absolute abundance; Species density; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ELEVATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MINERALIZATION; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; PERU;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

EID: 78349291384     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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