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Termite species richness in fire-prone and fire-protected dry deciduous dipterocarp forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, northern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Richard Glyn Davies
Richard Glyn Davies
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Division, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
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Keywords

dry deciduous dipterocarp forestfireMacrotermitinaespecies richnesstermites
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 153 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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