Termite foraging on toilet roll baits in semi-arid savanna, south-east Botswana (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-143

  Dangerfield, J Mark ^a,b   Mosugelo, David K ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c Box 131 ^*  (Botswana)

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EID: 0038967642     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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