No influence of exocrine glands on nestmate discrimination in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 253-264

  He, Huangying ^a   Mo, Jianchu ^a   Teng, Li ^a   Pan, Chenyuan ^a   Zhang, Chuanxi ^a   Cheng, Jia'an ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Exocrine gland; Nestmate discrimination

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 31344436990     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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