Incidence of wood-destroying organisms in Oregon residential structures

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-52

  Mankowski, Mark ^a,b   Morrell, J J ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERMITES; WOOD-BORING BEETLES; WOOD-DESTROYING ORGANISMS;

FUNGUS ATTACK; HOUSES;

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

ANOBIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0033640568     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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