Elemental analysis of worker mandibles of Coptotermes formosanus (isoptera: rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kagemori, Noriko ^a   Sugiyama, Junji ^a   Kawai, Shuichi ^a   Sera, Koichiro ^b   Futatsugawa, Shoji ^c   Yukawa, Masae ^d   Imazeki, Hitoshi ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Radioisotope Association   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Mandible; Manganese; Pigmentation; Termite; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 16244399854     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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