Genetic diversity and colony breeding structure in native and introduced ranges of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 419-437

  Husseneder, Claudia ^a   Simms, Dawn M ^a   Delatte, Jennifer R ^a   Wang, Changlu ^b   Grace, J Kenneth ^c   Vargo, Edward L ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic diversity; Invasive insect; Isoptera; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIAL BREEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOME RANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RANGE EXPANSION; TERMITE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; HUNAN; KAUAI; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84856216661     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0087-7     Document Type: Article

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