Caste-specificity of pheromone trails in the termite Macrotermes bellicosus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 238-244

  Gessner, S ^a   Leuthold, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caste pecificty; Macrotermes bellicosus; Trail pheromones

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; PHEROMONE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

EID: 0034835132     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001772     Document Type: Article

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