The labial gland reservoirs (Water Sacs) in Reticulitermes santonensis (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Studies of the functional aspects during microclimatic moisture regulation and individual water balance

Sociobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-323

  Grube, Sabine ^a,b   Rudolph, Dieter ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b FGIV1 ^*  (Namibia)

Author keywords

Adaptive mechanisms; Labial gland reservoirs; Reticulitermes santonensis; Subterranean termites; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644450010     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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