Endogenous synchronization of the chemical signature of reticulitermes (isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) worker termites

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 202-208

  Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^a   Darrouzet, Eric ^a   Landré, Xavier ^a   Christidès, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Caste differentiation; Cuticle dynamics; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Reticulitermes flavipes

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 80053964150     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2011.10697712     Document Type: Article

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