Colony dynamics of the formosan subterranean termite in a frequently disturbed urban landscape

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1037-1046

  Aluko, Gabriel A ^a   Husseneder, Claudia ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Colony identification; Microsatellite genotyping; Movement; Rhinotermitidae

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENOTYPE; ISOPTERA; LOUISIANA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 34548172689     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1037:CDOTFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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