New cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes of reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from the United States

Sociobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Nelson, Lori J ^a   Forschler, Brian T ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Hydrocarbon variability; Isoptera; Reticulitermes; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033444191     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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