A new method of trapping subterranean termites of the genus Coptotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) for field and laboratory experimental studies

Sociobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 451-458

  Kirton, Laurence G ^a   Brown, Valerie K ^b   Azmi, M ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

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