Development of experimentally orphaned termite worker colonies of two Reticulitermes species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1015-1034

  Pichon, A ^a   Kutnik, M ^a,b   Leniaud, L ^a   Darrouzet, E ^a   Chaline N ^a,c   Dupont, S ^a   Bagneres A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CTBA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Neotenics differentiation; Small colonies; Subterranean termites; Survival; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES GRASSEI; RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 35949000844     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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