Biodiversity of termite (insecta: Isoptera) in tropical peat land cultivated with oil palms

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 108-120

  Kon, Thian Woei ^a   Bong, Choon Fah J ^a   King, Jie Hung P ^a   Leong, Chan Teck S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coptotermes curvignathus; Isoptera; Oil palm; Peat; Termite diversity

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ISOPTERA; MALAYSIA; PESTICIDES; PLANT OILS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

AMITERMES; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; COPTOTERMITINAE; ELAEIS; FORMICIDAE; GLOBITERMES; HAVILANDITERMES; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMITINAE; NASUTITERMES; PARRHINOTERMES; PROHAMITERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMES; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 84860547989     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2012.108.120     Document Type: Article

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