Agonistic behavior between individual worker termites from three cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Northern California

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-593

  Delphia, Casey M ^a   Copren, Kirsten A ^a   Haverty, Michael I ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Competition; Fighting; Kin recognition; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; KIN RECOGNITION; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0242286535     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0585:ABBIWT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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