Nestmate recognition in defense against nest invasion by conspecifics during swarming in a one-piece nesting termite

BACKGROUND: In one-piece nesting termites, which nest and forage in a single piece of wood, soldier production increases during the swarming period, i.e. when the risk of invasion of their substrate and hence of their colony by dealates in search of a nesting substrate increases. In Neotermes chilen...

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Main Authors: Aguilera-Olivares,Daniel, Rizo,José F, Burgos-Lefimil,Camila, Flores-Prado,Luis, Niemeyer,Hermann M
Language:English
Published: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2016
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2016000100011
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