Differential use of identical food resources by Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in two types of habitats

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Lenz, Michael ^a   Kard, Brad ^b   Evans, Theodore A ^a   Mauldin, Joe K ^c   Etheridge, J Larry ^d   Abbey, Hilda M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mississippi State University ^*  (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baiting; Castes; Larvae; Reproductive biology; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE USE; TERMITE; WORKER CASTE;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 61849139423     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0106     Document Type: Article

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