Mark-release-recapture estimates of Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) colony foraging populations from Georgia, U.S.A.

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 952-962

  Forschler, Brian T ^a   Townsend, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoptera; Lincoln index; Mark release recapture; Population estimate; Reticulitermes; Weighted mean model

Indexed keywords

RETICULITERMES;

EID: 0030512282     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.952     Document Type: Article

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