Effect of moisture and two nitrogen sources on nest site choice by alates and dealates of Coptotermes formosanus in the laboratory (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 581-589

  Huixin, Fei ^a   Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alates; Chemical additives; Coptotermes formosanus; Moisture; Nest sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040439339     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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