Beta-diversity of termite assemblages among primary french guiana rain forests

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-479

  Bourguignon, Thomas ^a   Leponce, Maurice ^b   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Inselberg; Isoptera; Nouragues; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITTER; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWAMP; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST;

FRENCH GUIANA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 79960142386     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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