Strategies on the developmental biology of incipient colonies of Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in different substrates

Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-122

  Ferraz, Marisa Vianna ^a   Cancello, Eliana Marques ^a  

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Author keywords

Coptotermes gestroi; Developmental biology; Incipient colonies; Isoptera; Pest species

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES GESTROI; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 3142744640     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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