Behavioural responses to poison baits by the termite hodotermes mossambicus (hagen)

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-225

  Duncan, Frances D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Baiting; Behaviour; Control; Hodotermes mossambicus; Termite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742331131     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400016404     Document Type: Article

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