Underground passage system of Macrotermes carbonarius (Isoptera, Termitidae) in a dry evergreen forest of northeast Thailand

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 372-377

  Inoue, T ^a   Kirtibutr, N ^b   Abe, T ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony segregation; Foraging; Macrotermes; Termites; Underground passages

Indexed keywords

COLONY; EVERGREEN FOREST; NEST STRUCTURE; TERMITE;

(NORTHEAST); THAILAND;

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MACROTERMES ANNANDALEI; MACROTERMES CARBONARIUS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0035684961     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001794     Document Type: Article

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