Diversity of Nest Types in Microcerotermes crassus (Termitinae, Termitidae, Isoptera) in a Dry Evergreen Forest of Thailand

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 587-596

  Takematsu, Yoko ^a,c   Inoue, Tetsushi ^b,c   Hyodo, Fujio ^d   Sugimoto, Atsuko ^d   Kirtebutr, Nit ^c   Abe, Takuya ^d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; MICROCEROTERMES CRASSUS; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE;

EID: 0345570523     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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