Tunnel orientation and search pattern sequence of the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1193-1199

  Campora, C E ^a   Grace, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Foraging behavior; Search pattern; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0035490284     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.5.1193     Document Type: Article

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