Caste, colony, and species specificity of the trail pheromone in two sympatric nasutitermitinae (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 345-351

  Arab, Alberto ^a   Issa, Solange ^b   Alfonzo, Dayaleth ^b   Jaffe, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caste; Colony; Nasutitermes; Species specificity; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMES CORNIGER; NASUTITERMES EPHRATAE; NASUTITERMITINAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33645779505     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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