The rapid mandible strike of a termite soldier

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Seid, Marc A ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^b   Niven, Jeremy E ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOPTERA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MYSTRIUM; TERMES PANAMAENSIS;

EID: 56649088181     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.09.033     Document Type: Letter

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