Advantages of biparental care in the wood-dwelling termite, Zootermopsis nevadensis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-170

  Shellman Reeve, Janet S ^a  

^a Seeley G Mudd Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARENTAL CARE; TERMITE COLONY; WOOD-DWELLING TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS;

EID: 0031194708     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0412     Document Type: Article

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