Averting-cost measures of the benefits to South Carolina households of red imported fire ant control

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 113-123

  Miller, Stephen E ^a   Henry, Mark S ^a   Vander Mey, Brenda J ^a   Horton, Paul M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household expenditures; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041025613     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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