Social organisation and the status of workers in termites

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-164

  Roisin, Yves ^a   Korb, Judith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3977-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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