The argentine ant: Challenges in managing an invasive unicolonial pest

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-252

  Silverman, Jules ^a   Brightwell, Robert John ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eradication; Invasive species; Linepithema humile; Pest management

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 40349098957     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093450     Document Type: Review

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