DECOMPOSITION RATES AND TERMITE ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION IN SEMIARID AFRICA

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2005-05-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/03-0570
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