Termite resistance of building materials against Coptotermes formosanus by choice test (I).
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Molting in workers of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus.
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عنوان ژورنال: Wood Preservation
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0287-9255,1884-0116
DOI: 10.5990/jwpa.24.374