Heat tolerance of structure-infesting drywood termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) of Florida

Sociobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-245

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Wheeler, Gregory S ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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