Dispersal of the delayed action insecticide sulfluramid in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1149-1163

  Forti, Luiz C ^a   Pretto, Dênis R ^a   Nagamoto, Nilson S ^a   Padovani, Carlos R ^a   Camargo, Roberto S ^a   Andrade, Ana Paula P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta sexdens rubropilosa; Insecticide; Leaf cuttingant; Rhodamine B; Toxic bait

Indexed keywords

ATTA; ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35948951968     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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