Do Tunnel Patterns of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Reflect Different Foraging Strategies?
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عنوان ژورنال: Sociobiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2447-8067,0361-6525
DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v59i1.676