
Vinicius José Fernandes, Thiago Sampaio de Souza, Vinícius Gazal, Elen de Lima Aguiar-Menezes, Eurípedes Barsanulfo Menezes,
The present study evaluated the foraging and feeding preferences of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) in wood from four forest species and Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) in urban areas of the municipalities of Rio de Janeiro, São Gonçalo and Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Wooden and MDF stakes were buried in the soil in the presence of C. gestroi foragers, in multiple choice assays, where the stakes remained for 15, 30, 60 and 90 days. The highest occurrence of foragers was in Alcântara 2 ( ...
Tópico(s): Plant and animal studies
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