Seasonal characteristics of black imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mounds in northern Mississippi pastures

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 513-522

  Vogt, James T ^a   Streett, Douglas A ^a   Boykin, Debbie ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Fire Ant; Mississippi; Pastures; Solenopsis richteri

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 2042426325     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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