Lethal effects of electrical shock treatments to the western drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and resulting damage to wooden test boards

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-183

  Lewis, Vernard R ^a,c   Haverty, Michael I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

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