Application of ground penetrating radar in detecting the hazards and risks of termites and ants in soil levees

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1241-1249

  Yang, Xiuhao ^a,b   Henderson, Gregg ^a   Mao, Lixin ^a   Evans, Ahmad ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Forestry Administration of Guangxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Foraging; Integrated pest management; Nesting; Solenopsis inuicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; DETECTION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEVEE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMITE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ISOPTERA; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ISOPTERA; NEW ORLEANS; PLANT ROOTS; RADAR; SOIL;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 69849088027     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0435     Document Type: Article

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