Group size effect on worker juvenile hormone titers and soldier differentiation in Formosan subterranean termite

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-730

  Mao, Lixin ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste regulation; Coptotermes formosanus; Density; Soldier effect

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE;

COLONY STRUCTURE; EUSOCIALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUP SIZE; HORMONE; JUVENILE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ISOPTERA; JUVENILE HORMONES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 77954865657     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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