Termites as Bioindicators of Habitat Quality in the Caatinga, Brazil: Is There Agreement Between Structural Habitat Variables and the Sampled Assemblages?

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Alves, W de F ^a   Mota, A S ^a   de Lima, R A A ^a   Bellezoni, R ^a   Vasconcellos, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abundance; Environmental variable; Feeding group; Isoptera; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ISOPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ISOPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 79952966368     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000100006     Document Type: Article

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