Estimating the population size and colony boundary of subterranean termites by using the density functions of directionally averaged capture probability

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 592-604

  Su, Nan Yao ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Isoptera; Mark recapture protocol; Population estimate; Probability density function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ISOPTERA; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ISOPTERA; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 42449158965     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[592:ETPSAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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