Factors regulating caste differentiation in the formosan subterraneantermite with emphasis on soldier formation

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1 A, 2003, Pages 49-60

  Park, Yong Ihl ^a   Raina, Ashok ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0037282783     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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