Evaluation of the ability of Reticulitermes flavipes kollar, a subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), to differentiate between termiticide treated and untreated soils in laboratory tests

Sociobiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-166

  Kuriachan, I ^a   Gold, R E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Subterranean termites; Termiticides; Untreated gaps

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032385628     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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