Protecting historic properties from Subterranean Termites: A case study with Fort Christiansvaern, Christiansted National Historic Site, United States Virgin Islands

American Entomologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-32

  Su, Nan Yao ^a   Hillis Starr, Zandy ^b   Ban, Paul M ^a   Scheffrahn, Rudolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Salt River Bay National Historic Park and Ecological Preserve   (United States)

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EID: 85040996025     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/49.1.20     Document Type: Article

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