Species diversity and intraspecific genetic variation of reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) subterranean termites in woodland and urban environments of Missouri

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 868-880

  Pinzon, Olga P ^a   Houseman, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Intraspecific variation; Missouri; Reticulitermes; Subterranean termites

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE; WOODLAND;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 77649260916     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0513     Document Type: Article

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