Population density, species abundance, and breeding structure of subterranean termite colonies in and around infested houses in Central North Carolina

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1349-1359

  Parman, Vincent ^a   Vargo, Edward L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microsatellites; Population genetics; R. hageni; Reticulitermes flavipes; Reticulitermes virginicus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HOUSING; INBREEDING; ISOPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; HOUSING; INBREEDING; ISOPTERA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HAGENI; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 50849089618     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1349:PDSAAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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