Odor Aversion and Pathogen-Removal Efficiency in Grooming Behavior of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Yanagawa, Aya ^a   Fujiwara Tsujii, Nao ^b   Akino, Toshiharu ^c   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yanagawa, Takashi ^d   Shimizu, Susumu ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GROOMING; ISOPTERA; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SMELLING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; GROOMING; ISOPTERA; METARHIZIUM; ODORS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 84867558301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047412     Document Type: Article

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