Genetic analysis of colony and population structure of three introduced populations of the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the continental United States

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-166

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Husseneder, Claudia ^b   Woodson, David ^c   Waldvogel, Michael G ^a   Grace, J Kenneth ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Western Regional Office   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Coptotermes formosanus; Formosan subterranean termite; Microsatellite markers; Social organization

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33745158874     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.151     Document Type: Article

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