The concrete slab as part of a termite barrier system: Response of australian subterranean termites to cracks of different width in concrete

Sociobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-118

  Lenz, M ^a   Schafer, B ^a   Runko, S ^a   Glossop, L ^a  

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