Nestmate discrimination in the harvester termite Hodotermes mossambicus

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-225

  Kirchner, W H ^a   Minkley, N ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hodotermes; Intestinal flora; Isoptera; Nestmate recognition; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOLOGY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; TERMITE; TROPHALLAXIS;

ANIMALIA; HODOTERMES; HODOTERMES MOSSAMBICUS; HODOTERMITIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS;

EID: 0041783681     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0667-3     Document Type: Article

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