Biology of subterranean termites: Insights from molecular studies of reticulitermes and coptotermes

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 379-403

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Husseneder, Claudia ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding structure; Caste determination; Microsatellites; Molecular ecology; Population genetics; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 60549108465     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090443     Document Type: Article

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