Analysis on the Niche Breadth and Resource Competition of the Four Termite Species
This paper dealt with the niche breadth and overlap of the four dominating termite species: Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, Reticulitermes flaviceps Oshima, Macrotermes barneyi Light and Odontotermes formosanus Shiraki in Changde city. 6 kinds of mathematical formulas are discussed for the termite research. The results showed that Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki has the biggest space and nutritional niches, and Macrotermes barneyi Light has the smallest space and nutritional niches among the four termite species, otherwise there are low nutritional niche overlaps among them, only Odontotermes formosanus has some space niche overlap with Reticulitermes flaviceps and Macrotermes barneyi.