Impacts of residual insecticide barriers on perimeter-invading ants, with particular reference to the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 601-605

  Scharf, Michael E ^a   Ratliff, Catina R ^a   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CREMATOGASTER (GENUS); CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FELIS CATUS; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; PARATRECHINA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; PRENOLEPIS; PRENOLEPIS IMPARIS; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS MOLESTA; TAPINOMA; TAPINOMA SESSILE; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

EID: 2342449332     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.2.601     Document Type: Article

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