Recovery of Japanese Subterranean termites, Reticulitermes speratus and Coptotermes formosanus, (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), from desiccation treatment

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-499

  Nakayama, Tomoe ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Imamura, Yuji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES SPERATUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 2042490473     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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