Responses of the formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to wood blocks inoculated with lignin-degrading fungi

Sociobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 513-525

  Cornelius, Mary L ^a   Daigle, Donald J ^b   Connick Jr , William J ^b   Williams, Kelley S ^b   Lovisa, Mary P ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

CHRYSOSPORIUM; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FUNGI; ISOPTERA; MARASMIELLUS; MARASMIELLUS TROYANUS; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0037288998     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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