Estimating relative decline in populations of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) due to baiting

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1602-1609

  Evans, Theodore A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coptolermes acinaciformis; Coptotermes lacteus; Lincoln index; Mark recapture; Neutral Red; Nile Blue A

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; INSECT CONTROL; ISOPTERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035748247     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1602     Document Type: Article

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