Feeding response of subterranean termite, Coptotermes curvignathus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to Azadirachta excelsa (Meliaceae) extractives and its timber

Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Sajap, Ahmad S ^a   Lardizabal, Maria L T ^b   Ahmad, Faujan B ^a   Sahri, Mohd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Azadirachta excelsa; Coptotermes curvignathus; Extractives; Subterranean termite

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA EXCELSA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; ISOPTERA; KOOMPASSIA MALACCENSIS; MELIACEAE; PINUS CARIBAEA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33748869479     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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