An above-ground station for monitoring structure-infesting populations of the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-45

  Su, Nan Yao ^b   Ban, Paul M ^b   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C. formosanus; Subterranean termite; Termite monitoring station

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030552197     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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