Detrimental effects of boric-acid-treated soil against foraging Subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 363-378

  Kard, Bradford M ^a,b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boric acid; Coptotermes; Formosanus; Protozoa; Reticulitermes flavipes; Termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038998919     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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