Seasonal effects of calcium and phosphates on the feeding preference of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 489-498

  Botch, Paul S ^a,b   Brennan, Casey L ^a   Judd, Timothy M ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77950580086     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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