Nutritional Ecology of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Growth and Survival of Incipient Colonies Feeding on Preferred Wood Species

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-116

  Morales Ramos, Juan A ^a   Rojas, M Guadalupe ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Incipient colonies; Nutrition; Reproduction; Wood species

Indexed keywords

CARYA ILLINOENSIS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS TAEDA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRAXINUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PECAN; PINE; WOOD;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CARYA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRAXINUS; ISOPTERA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PINUS; WOOD;

EID: 0037676100     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.106     Document Type: Article

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