Intraspecific interactions in a community of arboreal nesting termites (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 799-817

  Leponce, Maurice ^a   Roisin, Yves ^a   Pasteels, Jacques M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

agonistic behavior; colony fusion; intraspecific competition; Isoptera; Termitidae; territoriality

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; MICROCEROTERMES BIROI; NASUTITERMES PRINCEPS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030461015     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02213557     Document Type: Article

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