Intracolonial demography of the mound-building termite Macrotermes natalensis (Haviland) (Isoptera, Termitidae) in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 390-397

  Meyer, V W ^a   Crewe, R M ^a   Braack, L E O ^b   Groeneveld, H T ^a   Van der Linde, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caste composition; Kruger National Park; Macrotermes natalensis; Termite colonies; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TERMITE;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0034534871     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00001736     Document Type: Article

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