Species composition of termites (isoptera) in different cerrado vegetation physiognomies

Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-197

  Oliveira, D E ^a   Carrijo, T F ^b   Brandao D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Feeding guilds; Forest; Savanna; Termite assemblage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880867326     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i2     Document Type: Article

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