Behavioral responses to light and thermal gradients by the western drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 436-445

  Cabrera, Brian J ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

avoidance; behavior; Incisitermes minor; phototaxis; temperature gradients

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; INCISITERMES MINOR; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0030513755     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.2.436     Document Type: Article

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