Consumption of Sound and Decayed Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-Fir by Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from Northern California

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 650-654

  Getty, Gail M ^a,b   Haverty, Michael I ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gloeophylum trabeum; Postia placenta; Reticulitermes; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542390294     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.3.650     Document Type: Article

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