Long-term studies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, infected with the microsporidia Vairimorpha invictae and Thelohania solenopsae in Argentina

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-132

  Briano, Juan A ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Population index; Solenopsis invicta; Thelohania solenopsae; Vairimorpha invictae

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNGUS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BURENELLIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; THELOHANIA; THELOHANIA SOLENOPSAE; THELOHANIIDAE; VAIRIMORPHA; VAIRIMORPHA INVICTAE;

EID: 13544259701     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.1.124     Document Type: Article

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