Microenvironmental Factors Regulating the Flight of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Hawaii (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

dc.contributor.authorLeong, KLH
dc.contributor.authorTamashiro, M.
dc.contributor.authorYates, J.
dc.contributor.authorSu, N.Y.
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-09T01:19:09Z
dc.date.available2009-09-09T01:19:09Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.description.abstractWind velocity, light intensity, soil temperature, vapor pressure deficit in the colony, vapor pressure deficit at the surface of the flight slits, and vapor pressure deficit at 1 m above the soil were measured during the swarming season. The vapor pressure deficits and soil temperature were not critical factors for flight since they were in a favorable range during the observation period. Light intensity had to drop to 10.8 lumen/m2 before flight was initiated. Flight was terminated when the light was reduced to 0.14 lumen/m2. Light intensity, however, was not limiting since the intensity dropped every evening. The key microenvironmental factor regulating flight was the wind velocity at the flight slits. Flight was initiated if the wind velocity was below 3.7 km/h. If the wind increased to over 3.7 km/h after flight was started, flight was terminated.
dc.format.extent5 pages
dc.identifier.citationLeong KLH, Tamashiro M, Yates J, Su NY. 1983. Microenvironmental factors regulating the flight of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Hawaii (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 24:287-291.
dc.identifier.issn0073-134X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/11162
dc.publisherHawaiian Entomological Society
dc.titleMicroenvironmental Factors Regulating the Flight of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Hawaii (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
dc.typeArticle
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