Termite barriers for new construction in Australia (Isoptera)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 379-388

  Ewart, D McG ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barrier; Termite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010044701     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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