Estimating population density of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) using the effective sampling area of in-ground monitoring stations

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Puche, H ^a   Su, N Y ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; ISOPTERA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

BROWARD COUNTY; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 1342290706     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003279     Document Type: Article

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