Agonistic behavior and cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes of colonies of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from northern California

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Haverty, Michael I ^a,b   Copren, Kirsten A ^a   Getty, Gail M ^a,b   Lewis, Vernard R ^a,b,c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Fighting; Kin recognition; Reticulitermes; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; KIN RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPE; TERMITE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES; RETICULITERMES HESPERUS; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0032848357     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.2.269     Document Type: Article

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