Comparison of termite assemblages along a landuse gradient on peat areas in Sarawak, Malaysia

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Vaessen, T ^a   Verwer, C ^b   Demies, M ^c   Kaliang, H ^c   Van Der Meer, P J ^a,b  

^a VAN HALL LARENSTEIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Sarawak Forestry Corporation   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Feeding group; Nesting group; Oil palm plantation; Peat swamp forest; Relative abundance; Species density; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

BORNEO; FEEDING GROUP; NESTING GROUP; OIL PALM PLANTATION; PEAT SWAMP FOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DENSITY; TERMITIDAE;

PEAT; WETLANDS;

FORESTRY;

FEEDING; MONOCOTYLEDON; NESTING; PEATLAND; PLANTATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SWAMP FOREST; TERMITE;

DENSITY; FEEDING; FORESTS; MALAYSIA; PEAT; PLANTATIONS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWAMPS; TERMITES; WETLANDS;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

ELAEIS; ISOPTERA; SCHEDORHINOTERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 79955626605     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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