Colony characterization of a mound-building subterranean termite, Globitermes sulphureus (Isoptera: Termitidae) using modified single-mark recapture technique

Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 525-532

  Ngee, Peng Soon ^a   Lee, Chow Yang ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Foraging populations; Foraging territory; Globitermes sulphureus; Malaysia; Single mark recapture; Subterranean termites; Wood consumption rate

Indexed keywords

GLOBITERMES SULPHUREUS;

EID: 0036411816     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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