Termites as pests of agriculture

Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 499-517

  Rouland Lefèvre, Corinne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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