Occurrence of termites (Isoptera) on living and standing dead trees in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

Termites play a key role as ecosystem engineers in numerous ecological processes though their role in the dynamics of wood degradation in tropical dry forests, particularly at the level of the crown canopy, has been little studied. In this study, we analysed the occurrence of termites in the forest...

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Main Authors: Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Luis H. Escalera-Vázquez, Ken Oyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4731.pdf