Difference of trace elements is not a factor inducing intercolony aggression in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-164

  Pan, Chengyuan ^a   Mo, Jianchu ^a   Chen, Chunrun ^a   Cheng, Menglin ^a   Cheng, Jia'an ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coptotermes formosanus; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745877305     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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