Criteria for assessing efficacy of stand-alone termite bait treatments at structures

Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 245-255

  Thorne, Barbara L ^a   Forschler, Brian T ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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