Eradication of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from Marchena Island, GaláPagos: On the edge of success?

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Causton, Charlotte E ^a   Sevilla, Christian R ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amdro ; Ant control; Costs; Dispersal; Invasive ants; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 22444434693     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0159:EOTLFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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