| vertical distribution of termites on trees in two forest landscapes in taiwan. | termites are a key functional group in the forest ecosystem, but they damage trees. to investigate the termite infestation pattern on the whole tree, we cut 108 blackboard trees,alstonia scholaris(l.) r. br., and 50 japanese cedars,cryptomeria japonica (l. f.) d. don, into sections. the bark surface and cross sections of the tree trunk were examined along the axes. a high percentage of blackboard trees (92.6%) was infested by fungus-growing termites,odontotermes formosanus(shiraki), but damage w ... | 2016 | 27016004 |