Bøker av Nan-Yao Su

The book covers the worldwidedistribution of this species, its biogeography, and how it has dispersed fromits native range in southern China and Taiwan to different parts of the world.It describes its present taxonomic status and discusses the species' biology, ecology, foraging behavior, physiology, chemical ecology and its associationwith symbionts. From a practical standpoint, the authors address all of thevarious management options for this species, such as baits, soil termiticides, wood preservatives, inspection and detection technologies, and Integrated PestManagement approaches. Lastly, there are chapters dedicated to anotherimportant destructive species, Coptotermes gestroi (the Asian subterraneantermite), and the recently discovered C. formosanus/C. gestroi hybrids.