Hidden aggression in termite workers: Plastic defensive behaviour dependent upon social context

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 737-745

  Ishikawa, Yuki ^a,b   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioural plasticity; Colony defence; Hodotermopsis sjostedti; Social interaction; Soldier; Termite

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLONY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INSECT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 84857050566     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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