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Molecular genetic evidence of formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) colony survivorship after prolonged inundation.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Apr 2012
Owens Carrie B, Su Nan-Yao, Husseneder Claudia, Riegel Claudia, Brown Kenneth S
Abstract excerpt
Levee breaches because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 inundated 80% of the city of New Orleans, LA. Formosan subterranean termites were observed actively foraging within in-ground monitoring stations within months after this period of flooding. It was unknown if the activity could be attributed to preexisting colonies that survived inundation or to other colonies surviving flooding by being located at higher...
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