Agonistic behavior between recently collected and laboratory cultured Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Northern California

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-250

  Getty, Gail M ^a,c   Haverty, Michael I ^a,c   Lewis, Vernard R ^b,c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Baiting; Fighting; Insecta; Monitoring; Reticulitermes; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287204     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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