Foraging territories of the black-winged subterranean termite Odontotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Termitidae) in southern China

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 661-672

  Hu, Jian ^a,c   Zhong, Jun Hong ^b   Guo, Ming Fang ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Foraging distances; Foraging territories; Mark recapture; Odontotermes formosanus

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; ODONTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 33750588441     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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