Termite resource partitioning related to log diameter

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Waller, Deborah A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS;

EID: 34247644764     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[139:TRPRTL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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