Sand displacement during tunnel excavation by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-462

  Li, Hou Feng ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Excavating behavior; Tunnel architecture; Wood consumption

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; EXCAVATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TERMITE;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 40949139311     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[456:SDDTEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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