Tunnel and shelter tube convergence of formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory

Sociobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-318

  Chen, Jian ^b   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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