Symbionts affecting termite behavior

Insect Symbiosis

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 131-143

  Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203009918     Document Type: Chapter

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