Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil
This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the occurrence of necrophagy in termites.
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| author | Igor Eloi Mário Herculano de Oliveira Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão |
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| description | This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the occurrence of necrophagy in termites. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38de1493b3fc46e7994a88075dadcc382022-12-21T19:05:40ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072020-06-01129161871618910.11609/jott.5510.12.9.16187-161895510Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from BrazilIgor Eloi0Mário Herculano de Oliveira1Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão2Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, CEP 58429-500, Campina Grande - Paraíba, Brazil.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, CEP 58429-500, Campina Grande - Paraíba, Brazil.Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, CEP 58429-500, Campina Grande - Paraíba, Brazil.This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the occurrence of necrophagy in termites.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5510climate changenecrophagytermitewood-feeding |
| spellingShingle | Igor Eloi Mário Herculano de Oliveira Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil Journal of Threatened Taxa climate change necrophagy termite wood-feeding |
| title | Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil |
| title_full | Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil |
| title_short | Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil |
| title_sort | carcass consumption by nasutitermes callimorphus blattodea isoptera in highland forests from brazil |
| topic | climate change necrophagy termite wood-feeding |
| url | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5510 |
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