Flight phenology of sympatric populations of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Northern California: Disparate flight intervals indicate reproductive isolation among cuticular hydrocarbon phenotypes

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 828-833

  Haverty, Michael I ^a   Getty, Gail M ^a,b   Nelson, Lori J ^a   Lewis, Vernard R ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Colony founding; Reticulitermes hesperus; Speciation; Subterranean termite

Indexed keywords

PHENOLOGY;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES HESPERUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 1542287556     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0828:FPOSPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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