Biocontrol options for urban pest ants

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-248

  Pereira, Roberto M ^a   Stimac, Jerry L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Biological control; Biopesticides; Formicidae; Microbial control; Parasites; Pathogens; Predators; Urban pests

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542416185     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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