Challenges to subterranean termite management of multi-genera faunas in Southeast Asia and Australia

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-221

  Lee, Chow Yang ^a   Vongkaluang, Charunee ^b   Lenz, Michael ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ROYAL FOREST DEPARTMENT   (Thailand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Control strategies; Malaysia; Multi genera; Singapore; Termite management; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES; GLOBITERMES; HETEROTERMES; HEXAPODA; HYPOTERMES; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES; MASTOTERMES; MICROCEROTERMES; MICROTERMES; NASUTITERMES; ODONTOTERMES; RHINOTERMITIDAE; SCHEDORHINOTERMES; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 34247158089     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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