Foraging organization of the open-air processional lichen-feeding termite Hospitalitermes (isoptera, termitidae) in Borneo

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-32

  Miura, T ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste ratio dynamics; Division of labor; Foraging frequency; Open air foraging; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TERMITE;

BORNEO;

HOSPITALITERMES; HOSPITALITERMES MEDIOFLAVUS; HOSPITALITERMES RUFUS; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031969580     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050065     Document Type: Article

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