A comparison of monitoring methods used to detect changes in Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) populations

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 142-149

  Alder, Patricia ^a   Silverman, Jules ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Baiting; Counting; Linepithema humile; Sampling; Trapping

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 26244458905     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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