Science, society, politics and the media: Joining efforts to manage the risk of...

• Author(s): Arroz, Ana Margarida Moura ; Palos, Ana Cristina ; Rego, Isabel Estrela ; Borges, Paulo A. V. ; Costa, Ana C.
• Date: 2008
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2600
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Cryptotermes brevis; Térmita de Madeira; Açores; Drywood Termite; Azores
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

SRA 2008 Annual Meeting. Sunday, 7 December 2008 to Wednesday, 10 December 2008. Research has been developed: To identify termite species and to characterize their biology; To search for their patterns of distribution and abundance in the Azores; To analyse the conditional local factors involved in the propagation of termites; To test several techniques of mitigation and of propagation control, in the lab and in situ, in order to evaluate their success in eliminating and repelling the infestation; To study comparatively various chemical and physical methods to treat infested.