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

Autor:	Igor Eloi, Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	climate change necrophagy termite wood-feeding Ecology QH540-549.5 General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5
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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