Influence of tree extractives on foraging preferences of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Kenneth Grace, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

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