An introduction to termites: Biology, taxonomy and functional morphology

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-26

  Eggleton, Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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