Agonistic Interactions between Colonies of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in New Orleans, Louisiana

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1002-1009

  Cornelius, Mary L ^a   Osbrink, Weste L A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Coptotermes formosanus; Kin recognition; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; KIN RECOGNITION; TERMITE;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0242416193     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1002     Document Type: Article

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