Evaluation of dog-assisted searches and electronic odor devices for detecting the western subterranean termite

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Lewis, Vernard R ^a   Fouche, Calvin F ^b   Lemaster, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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