Do forest-floor wood residues in plantations increase the incidence of termite attack? - Testing current theory

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 218-239

  Kirton, Laurence G ^a   Brown, Valerie K ^b   Azmi, M ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coptotermes curvignathus; Plantation site preparation; Termite attack; Tree species susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040178644     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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