Response to orphaning in two Neotropical termites: Armitermes euamignathus and Embiratermes festivellus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-114

  Costa Leonardo, Ana Maria ^a   Soares, Helena Xavier ^a   Barsotti, Raquel Cristina ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Armitermes; Embiratermes; Isoptera; Neotenics; Nymphoid reproductives; Replacement reproductives; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

COLONY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; QUEEN; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TERMITE;

ARMITERMES; ARMITERMES EUAMIGNATHUS; ARTHROPODA; EMBIRATERMES; EMBIRATERMES FESTIVELLUS; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031668512     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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