Seasonal foraging and feeding behavior of Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a wildland and a residential location in northern California

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1077-1084

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

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Foraging behavior; Subterranean termites; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0033397478     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.6.1077     Document Type: Article

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