Flight speed of tethered Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) alates

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-128

  Shelton, Thomas G ^a   Hu, X Ping ^b   Appel, Arthur G ^b   Wagner, Terence L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alate; Insect flight; Mass scaling; Reticulitermes flavipes: Flight speed; Termites

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33646072482     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-9012-1     Document Type: Article

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