Feeding responses of the western dry-wood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen) (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) against ten commercial timbers

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-248

  Indrayani, Yuliati ^a   Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yanase, Yoshiyuki ^b   Imamura, Yuji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commercial timbers; Feeding responses; Incisitermes minor (Hagen); Western dry wood termite

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; TERMITE PROOFING; TERMITE RESISTANCE;

COMMERCIAL TIMBERS; FEEDING RESPONSES; INCISITERMES MINOR (HAGEN); WESTERN DRY-WOOD TERMITE;

TIMBER;

ABIES; FORESTS; TERMITES; WOOD;

CONIUM; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA; INCISITERMES MINOR; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI; PICEA; PINUS DENSIFLORA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 34250217408     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-006-0840-1     Document Type: Article

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