Reproductive mechanisms and dynamics of habitat colonization in Microcerotermes biroi (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-184

  Leponce, M ^a   Roisin, Y ^a   Pasteels, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arboreal nesting termites; Dispersal; Papua New Guinea; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

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

NUPTIAL FLIGHT; TERMITE COLONY;

EID: 0030476740     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb01185.x     Document Type: Article

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