Food preferences of the Turkestan termite Anacanthotermes turkestanicus (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 469-478

  Khamraev, A S ^a   Lebedeva, N I ^a   Zhuginisov, T I ^a   Abdullaev, I I ^a   Rakhmatullaev, A ^a   Raina, A K ^b  

^a Institute of Zoology Tashkent Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baits; Cultivated plants; Foraging; Trees; Turkestan termite

Indexed keywords

ANACANTHOTERMES TURKESTANICUS; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 34447272707     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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