Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil
Autor: | Igor Eloi, Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol 12, Iss 9, Pp 16187-16189 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0974-7893 0974-7907 |
DOI: | 10.11609/jott.5510.12.9.16187-16189 |
Popis: | 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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