Efficacy of Maxforce Bait for Control of the Argentine Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1473-1481

  Krushelnycky, Paul D ^a   Reimer, Neil J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasion; Hawaii; Linepithema humile; Maxforce

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0542375859     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.6.1473     Document Type: Article

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