Effects of habitat characteristics on the abundance and activity of subterranean termites in arid southeastern New Mexico (Isoptera)

Sociobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-504

  Whitford, Walter G ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033440402     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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