Effect of available food size on search tunnel formation by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 610-616

  Hedlund, Justin C ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Food size; Search; Tunnel pattern; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS;

EID: 0032979457     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.3.610     Document Type: Article

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