Detection of imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mounds with satellite imagery

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1718-1721

  Vogt, James T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imported fire ants; Photointerpretation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANT; DETECTION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 11144221961     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1718     Document Type: Article

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