Comparing mark-recapture and constant removal protocols for estimating forager population size of the subterranean termite Coptotermes lacteus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Evans, T A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISOPTERA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES LACTEUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 1342311917     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003282     Document Type: Article

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