Relative abundance and comparative breeding structure of subterranean termite colonies (Reticulitermes flavipes, Reticulitermes hageni, Reticulitermes virginicus, and Coptotermes formosanus) in a South Carolina lowcountry site as revealed by molecular markers

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1101-1109

  Vargo, Edward L ^a   Juba, Thomas R ^a   Deheer, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony genetic structure; Eastern subterranean termite; Formosan subterranean termite; Microsatellite; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMARKER; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TERMITE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HAGENI; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 33846350649     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[1101:RAACBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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