A chernotaxonomic survey using cuticular hydrocarbons of some species of the Australian harvester termite genus Drepanotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-215

  Brown, W V ^a   Watson, J A L ^b   Lacey, M J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Character displacement; Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Drepanotermes; Insects; Isoptera; Termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038975431     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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