Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Igor Eloi, Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2020-06-01
Series:	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:	climate change necrophagy termite wood-feeding
Online Access:	https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5510

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