Termite mound architecture, from function to construction

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 349-373

  Korb, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_13     Document Type: Chapter

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