AN ABOVEGROUND STATION FOR MONITORING STRUCTURE-INFESTING POPULATIONSOF THE FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE)

Authors
SU NY BAN PM SCHEFFRAHN RH
Citation
Ny. Su et al., AN ABOVEGROUND STATION FOR MONITORING STRUCTURE-INFESTING POPULATIONSOF THE FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE), Sociobiology, 27(1), 1996, pp. 39-45
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Sociobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03616525
Volume
27
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
39 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-6525(1996)27:1<39:AASFMS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An above-ground termite monitoring station composed of a plastic box c ontaining a wooden block and covered by foam insulation is described. The station was installed directly over active infestations of the For mosan subterranean termite in both structures and trees. Aerial and so il-borne populations of subterranean termite were monitored using thes e devices.