Termite colony ontogeny: Supplemental data in the long-term assessment of reproductive lifespan, female neotenic production and colony size in Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-325

  Long, C E ^a   Thorne, B L ^a   Breisch, N L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Neotenic development; Reticulitermes flavipes

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; COLONY; LIFE TABLE; ONTOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; QUEEN; REPRODUCTION; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 34249703571     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307004919     Document Type: Article

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