Plasticity and specificity of termite nest structure (Isoptera)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 671-678

  Inoue, Tetsushi ^a   Hongoh, Yuichi ^a   Klangkaew, Chirasak ^a   Takematsu, Yoko ^a,b   Vongkaluang, Charunee ^c   Noparatnaraporn, Napavarn ^d   Ohkuma, Moriya ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a,e  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES ANNANDALEI; MICROCEROTERMES CRASSUS; MICROCEROTERMES PARACELEBENSIS;

EID: 18944394445     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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