Swarming behavior of the economically most important termite, Coptotermes havilandi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in southeastern Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 683-694

  Ferraz, Marisa Vianna ^a   Cancello, Eliana Marques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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