An areawide population management project for the invasive eastern subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in a low-income community in Santiago, Chile

American Entomologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Smith, James ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^b   Escobar, N Raul ^a  

^a Controles Integrados SA Caupolican ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 34548150355     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/52.4.253     Document Type: Article

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