Charring does not affect wood infestation by subterranean termites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-84

  Peterson, C J ^a   Gerard, P D ^b   Wagner, T L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Char; Fire; Isoptera; Protozoa; Reticulitermes flavipes; Rhinotermitidae; Wood selection

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; TERMITE; WOODY DEBRIS;

HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; PROTOZOA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 37249063172     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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