Impacts of soil moisture level on consumption and movement of three sympatric subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a laboratory assay

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 933-937

  Green, Jody M ^a   Scharf, Michael E ^a,b   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Reticulitermes flavipes; Reticulitermes tibialis; Reticulitermes virginicus; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES (GENUS); RETICULITERMES (SUBGENUS); RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 20544471893     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.3.933     Document Type: Article

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