Growth patterns of incipient colonies of Coptotermes havilandi (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) initiated in the laboratory from swarming alates

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 551-561

  Costa Leonardo, Ana Maria ^a   Barsotti, Raquel Cristina ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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