Chemical communication in isoptera;Comunicação Química em Isoptera

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Costa Leonardo, Ana M ^a   Casarin, Fabiana E ^a   Lima, Juliana T ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Semiochemical; Sex pheromone; Termite; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 67650727222     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000100001     Document Type: Article

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