Queue size determines the width of tunnels in the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-204

  Bardunias, Paul M ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Excavation; Queue; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77954032639     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-010-9206-z     Document Type: Article

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