Comparative respiration and methane production rates in nearctic termites

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 799-806

  Wheeler, G S ^a,b   Tokoro, M ^c   Scheffrahn, R H ^a   Su, N Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCISITERMES MINOR; ISOPTERA; NEARCTIC; PRORHINOTERMES; PRORHINOTERMES SIMPLEX; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030206423     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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