Foraging populations and territories of a mound-building subterranean termite, Microtermes pakistanicus (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-316

  Lee, Chow Yang ^a   Ngee, Peng Soon ^a   Lee, Leng Choy ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Dow AgroSciences Asia Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Foraging distance; Foraging territory; Microtermes pakistanicus; Mound building termite; Wood consumption rate

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; MICROTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0037288524     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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