Disease and colony foundation in the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis: The survival advantage of nestmate pairs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 300-304

  Calleri II, Daniel V ^a   Rosengaus, Rebeca B ^b   Traniello, James F A ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY FOUNDING; DISEASE RESISTANCE; INBREEDING; TERMITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INBREEDING; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OUTBREEDING; PROGENY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FUNGI; HODOTERMITIDAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 21244439488     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0630-4     Document Type: Article

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