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Alate Formation

Alate Formation is a developmental process in termite biology whereby certain nymphs within a colony differentiate into winged reproductive individuals, distinguished from other caste differentiation pathways by the induction of flight-capable morphological and physiological traits essential for nuptial flight and colony founding.

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The production of the apterous and alate forms in the aphid Megoura viciae Buckton, with special reference to the rôle of crowding

A. D. Lees · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1967 · 188 citations

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Morph determination in the bird cherry‐oat aphid, <i>Rhopalosiphum padi</i> L

A. F. G. Dixon, D. M. Glen · Annals of Applied Biology · 1971 · 185 citations

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WING POLYMORPHISM IN APHIDS II. INTERACTION BETWEEN APHIDS

Bruce Johnson · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1965 · 132 citations

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STUDIES ON WING POLYMORPHISM IN APHIDS I. THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS

Bruce Johnson, P. R. Birks · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1960 · 93 citations

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Role of Food Supply in Structuring a Population of Formica Ants

Richard J. Deslippe, Riitta Savolainen · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1994 · 88 citations

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Authors

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  1. AF
    A. F. G. Dixon

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 310 citations

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  2. BJ
    Bruce Johnson

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    3 publications · 270 citations

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  3. TM
    Toru Miura

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  4. TE
    T. E. Mittler

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  5. SK
    Shigeyuki Koshikawa

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    2 publications · 90 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    363 citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    333 citations

  3. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    250 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    91 citations

  6. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  7. Huazhong Agricultural University

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    100 citations

  8. Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau

    Dongguan, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

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  1. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    8 publications · 443 citations

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  2. Ecological Entomology

    4 publications · 138 citations

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  3. Journal of Insect Physiology

    4 publications · 258 citations

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  4. Annals of Applied Biology

    4 publications · 236 citations

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  5. Insectes Sociaux

    IS · 4 publications · 117 citations

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