Dimensional and morphological analysis of the detritus from six European wood boring insects

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnologia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 893-904

  Bobadilla, I ^a   Arriaga, F ^a   Luengo, E ^b   Martinez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AITIM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction timber; Faecal pellets; Frass; Identification; Size measurements; Wood boring insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981244339     PISSN: 07173644     EISSN: 0718221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-221X2015005000078     Document Type: Article

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