Effects of decreasing thermophotoperiod on the eastern subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 166-171

  Cabrera, B J ^a   Kamble, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat content; Overwintering; Photoperiod; Reticulitermes flavipes; Thermoperiod; Water content

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FAT; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE; TERMITE; WATER CONTENT;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0034752433     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.2.166     Document Type: Article

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