Soldier production strategy in lower termites: From young instars or old instars?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-205

  Horiuchi, Shiro ^a   Yamamura, Norio ^a   Abe, Takuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COLONY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; ISOPTERA; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NEOTERMES; NEOTERMES KOSHUNENSIS; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036399009     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2002.3068     Document Type: Article

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