An improved and quantified technique for marking individual fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Wojcik, Daniel P ^a   Burges, Richard J ^b   Blanton, Chantal M ^b   Focks, Dana A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Longevity; Methods; Model; Non linear regression; Paint; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MARKING METHOD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0034032037     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496231     Document Type: Article

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