Colonial and geographic variations in agonistic behaviour, cuticular hydrocarbons and mtDNA of Italian populations of Reticulitermes lucifugus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Uva, P ^a   Clement J L ^a   Bagneres A G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cuticular hydrocarbons; DNA sequences; Italy; ND1; Reticulitermes; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES LUCIFUGUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 2642516601     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-003-0728-7     Document Type: Article

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