Thermal tolerances of four termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae, Kalotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-25

  Woodrow, R J ^b   Grace, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE

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