Colony interactions in Reticulitermes grassei population assessed by molecular genetic methods

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Nobre, T ^a,b   Nunes, L ^b   Bignell, D E ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Colony structure; Microsatellite DNA analysis; Social organization; Termites; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TERMITE; TERRITORIALITY;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES GRASSEI; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 39749098679     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0971-4     Document Type: Article

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