Trail-Pheromone Specificity of Two Sympatric Termites (Rhinotermitidae) from Southeastern Brazil

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 377-387

  Arab, Alberto ^a   Costa Leonardo, A M ^a   Batista Pereira, L G ^b   Dos Santos, M G ^b   Correa A G ^b   Blanco, Y C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging; Sternal gland; Subterranean termites; Trail following

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HETEROTERMES; HETEROTERMES TENUIS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0842280756     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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