Food Habits of Sympatric Termite Species (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) as Determined by Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis in a Guinean Savanna (Lamto, Cote d'Ivoire)
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E-Artikel
Titel:
Food Habits of Sympatric Termite Species (Isoptera, Macrotermitinae) as Determined by Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis in a Guinean Savanna (Lamto, Cote d'Ivoire)
Beteiligte:
Lepage, Michel;
Abbadie, Luc;
Mariotti, Andre
Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press, 1993
Erschienen in:Journal of Tropical Ecology
Sprache:
Englisch
ISSN:
1469-7831;
0266-4674
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<p>The food habits of four hypogeous Macrotermitinae species were studied using stable carbon isotope analysis in several biotopes of a humid savanna of West Africa (Lamto, Cote d'Ivoire) The proportion of woody and herbaceous material in the diet of the different species was determined by measuring the <sup>13</sup>C natural abundance in the fungus comb. The diet varied with season and biotope, especially tree density The results confirm the flexibility of the food habits of the fungus-growing termites as a consequence of their exosymbiosis with the fungus Termitomyces sp</p>