Termite resistant wood products

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1 A, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Grace, J Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INSECTA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 0037287950     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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