Intra- and interspecific agonism in Reticulitermes flavipes (kollar) and R. virginicus (banks) and effects of arena and group size in laboratory assays

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Polizzi, J M ^a   Forschler, B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Isoptera; Reticulitermes; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; TERMITE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0031970765     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050067     Document Type: Article

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