Nunes, L.
Termite infestation risk in Portuguese historic buildings.
Cost Action IE0601 “Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural
Heritage”.
Braga, Portugal, 5 a 7 de Novembro de 2008.
Online http://www.
woodculther.
org/.
6pp.
2008.
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Nunes, L.
Termite infestation risk in Portuguese historic buildings.
Cost Action IE0601 “Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural
Heritage”.
Braga, Portugal, 5 a 7 de Novembro de 2008.
Online http://www.
woodculther.
org/.
6pp.
2008.
Termite infestation risk in Portuguese historic buildings
Lina Nunes1
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Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Núcleo de Estruturas de Madeira, Portugal
Abstract
In mainland Portugal, subterranean termites of the genus Reticulitermes are indigenous and a well-established
pest of wood in service.
This has particular relevance in the maintenance of historic buildings.
Dry wood
termites of the genus Cryptotermes are now also recognized as a major problem in the conservation of old
buildings in the islands of Madeira and in several of the Azorean Islands.
The present recorded distribution of
dry wood and subterranean termites in Portugal is discussed.
The very recent discovery of Cryptotermes brevis
in Lisbon is highlighted and the possib
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