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

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