Correlation between social structure and nymphal wood-digestion ability in the xylophagous cockroaches Salganea esakii and Panesthia angustipennis (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-427

  Shimada, Keisuke ^a   Maekawa, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endo beta 1,4 glucanase; Gregarious; Panesthiinae; Subsociality; Xylophagy

Indexed keywords

BLABERIDAE; BLATTARIA; PANESTHIA ANGUSTIPENNIS; PANESTHIINAE; SALGANEA ESAKII;

EID: 52249115410     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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