Zinc distribution on the mandible cutting edges of two drywood termites, Incisitermes minor and Cryptotermes domesticus (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1035-1040

  Ohmura, W ^a   Matsunaga, H ^a   Yoshimura, T ^b   Suzuki, Y ^a   Imaseki, H ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptotermes domesticus; Incisitermes minor; Metal distribution; Termite; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOTERMES DOMESTICUS; INCISITERMES MINOR; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 35948996942     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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