Ship-borne termite (Isoptera) border interceptions in Australia and onboard infestations in Florida, 1986-2009

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a   Crowe, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

Author keywords

biosecurity; invasive species; Kalotermitidae; overwater dispersal; Rhinotermitidae; Termitidae

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; FLIGHT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TERMITE;

AUSTRALIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 79953710589     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0108     Document Type: Article

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