An evaluation of several urban pest management strategies to control Argentine ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-398

  Klotz, John H ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Field, Herb C ^b   Kupfer, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lloyd Pest Control   (United States)

^c KM AntPro LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Ant control; Argentine ants; Insecticide spray

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 34447265971     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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