Survey and identification of termites (isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Indiana

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1029-1036

  Wang, Changlu ^a,b   Zhou, Xuguo ^c   Li, Shujuan ^d   Schwinghammer, Margaret ^e   Scharf, Michael E ^f   Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism; Reticulitermes; Survey; Termite

Indexed keywords

DUNE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RNA; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERMITE;

EVANSVILLE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; INDIANA; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES ARENICOLA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES HAGENI; RETICULITERMES TIBIALIS; RETICULITERMES VIRGINICUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77649252462     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0611     Document Type: Article

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