Spatial association of marine dockage with land-borne infestations of invasive termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Coptotermes) in Urban South Florida

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1338-1346

  Hochmair, Hartwig H ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Coptotermes gestroi; seaborne; spatial analysis; termite infestation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; ISOPTERA; SHIPS;

COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; COPTOTERMES GESTROI; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 77955340528     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC09428     Document Type: Article

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