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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Sociedad de Biología de Chile
2016
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