Biology of invasive termites: Aworldwide review

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 455-474

  Evans, Theodore A ^a   Forschler, Brian T ^b   Kenneth Grace, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes; Cryptotermes; Heterotermes; introduced species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOPTERA; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84873810635     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153554     Document Type: Review

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