Effects of temperature and season on foraging activity of red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Oklahoma

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-451

  Vogt, James T ^a,b   Smith, Wayne A ^a,c   Grantham, Richard A ^a   Wright, Russell E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OK Cooperative Extension System   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Foraging rates; Solenopsis invicta; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0038235119     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.447     Document Type: Article

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