Monitoring station for studying populations of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in California

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 121-133

  Lewis, Vernard R ^a   Haverty, Michael I ^b   Getty, Gail M ^b   Copren, Kirsten A ^b,c   Fouche, Calvin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait stations; Ground based station; Insecta; Isoptera; Reticulitermes; Rhinotermitidae; Subterranean termite; Termite monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032283095     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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