Quantifying imported fire ant (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) mounds with airborne digital imagery

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1045-1051

  Vogt, James T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mounds; Multispectral; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANT; COLONY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NEST SITE; REMOTE SENSING;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 4344694496     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.1045     Document Type: Article

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