Effects of different substrates and activated charcoal on the survival of the subterranean termite Coptotermes curvignathus in laboratory experiments (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-497

  Ho, Thian Hua ^a   Kirton, Laurence G ^b  

^a Forest Research Institute Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Charcoal; Coptptermes curvignathus; Isoptera; Plaster of Paris; Rhinotermitidae; Sand; Soil; Substrates; Survival; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES CURVIGNATHUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 34447286474     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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