Termite colony ontogeny: A long-term assessment of reproductive lifespan, caste ratios and colony size in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-445

  Long, C E ^a   Thorne, B L ^a   Breisch, N L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE; COLONY STRUCTURE; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTION; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0242338613     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003258     Document Type: Article

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