The optimum temperature-humidity combination for the feeding activities of Japanese subterranean termites

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 530-534

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

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Feeding activity; Relative humidity; Reticulitermes speratus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PROTOZOA;

FEEDING ACTIVITY; JAPANESE SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE; WOOD CONSUMPTION;

WOOD;

HUMIDITY; PROTOZOA; TERMITES;

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

EID: 2042501569     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-003-0594-y     Document Type: Article

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