Decision-making systems in recruitment to food for two nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-151

  Andara, Carmen ^b   Issa, Solange ^b   Jaffé, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNIGER; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; NASUTITERMES EPHRATAE; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 3142659625     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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