Blackwell Publishing Ltd Genetic variability of the soil-feeding termite Labiotermes labralis (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in the Amazonian primary forest and remnant patches

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-61

  Dupont, Lise ^a   Roy, Virginie ^a   Bakkali, Asmae ^a   Harry, Myriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

ADNmt; Anthropogenic disturbance; Breeding system; Genetic isolation; Inbreeding; Microsatellite; Termite; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349600443     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2008.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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