Agonistic behavior between colonies of the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, Louisiana

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-345

  Messenger, Matthew T ^a,b   Su, Nan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Colony odor; Coptotermes formosanus; Foraging arena

Indexed keywords

ARENA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 16244363104     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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