Alate Production, Flight Phenology, and Sex-Ratio in Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, an Introduced Subterranean Termite in New Orleans, Louisiana

Sociobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-326

  Henderson, Gregg ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alate sex ratio; Carrying capacity; Colony growth; Flight phenology; Formosan subterranean termite

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842424492     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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