Digestion, diet and polyethism in two fungus-growing termites: Macrotermes subhyalinus Rambur and M. michaelseni Sjøstedt
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Insect Physiology
- Vol. 37 (9) , 675-682
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(91)90044-z
Abstract
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