Help or disperse? Cooperation in termites influenced by food conditions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-95

  Korb, Judith ^a   Schmidinger, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Cryptotermes secundus; Dispersal; Food availability; Termite

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL ORGANISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

AVES; CRYPTOTERMES; CRYPTOTERMES SECUNDUS; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442417674     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0757-x     Document Type: Article

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