Latitudinal variation in termite species richness and abundance along the brazilian atlantic forest hotspot

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 441-450

  Cancello, Eliana M ^a   Silva, Rogério R ^b   Vasconcellos, Alexandre ^c   Reis, Yana T ^d   Oliveira, Luís M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Diversity gradient; Isoptera; Latitudinal gradient

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERMITE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 84903441434     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12120     Document Type: Article

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