Dispersal flight and colony development in the fungus-growing termites pseudacanthotermes spiniger and P. militaris

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-277

  Connetable S ^a   Robert, A ^b   Bordereau, C ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Alate production; Life history; Reproductive isolation; Termite rearing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY FOUNDING; CROP PEST; DISPERSAL; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SOCIAL INSECT; SOLDIER CASTE; TERMITE;

FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMITINAE; PSEUDACANTHOTERMES SPINIGER; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84859754493     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-011-0216-4     Document Type: Article

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