Agonistic interactions of four ant species occurring in Hawaii with Coptotermes formosanus (isoptera: rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-651

  Kirschenbaum, Ranit ^a   Grace, J Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; CAMPONOTUS VARIEGATUS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; LEPTOGENYS; RHINOTERMITIDAE; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 34447293764     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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