Environmental factors influencing the foraging and feeding behavior of two termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in natural habitats

Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 763-777

  Santos, Marcus N ^a   Teixeira, Maria Lucia F ^a   Pereira, Maurício B ^b   Menezes, Eurípedes B ^b  

^a Instituto de Pesquisasjardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heterotermes longicep; Isoptera; Neotropical termite behavior; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES GESTROI; HETEROTERMES; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77953277078     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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