Resistance of the Indonesian woods bangkirai (Shorea laevis) and Merbau (Intsia palembanica) to formosan subterranean termite attack

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Grace, J Kenneth ^a   Tome, Carrie H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Durable tree species; Tropical hardwoods

Indexed keywords

ABIES; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; INTSIA; INTSIA PALEMBANICA; ISOPTERA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SHOREA LAEVIS;

EID: 16244402366     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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