Laboratory estimate of wood consumption rates by Reticulitermes sp. (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae)in Chile

Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-290

  Ripa, R ^a   Castro, L ^a   Su, N Y ^a   Palma, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGROPECUARIAS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Reticuliteremes; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

CRINODENDRON PATAGUA; DRIMYS WINTERI; ISOPTERA; LAURELIA; LAURELIA PHILIPPIANA; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA; PERSEA LINGUE; POPULUS SP.; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0036005440     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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