Sampling efficacy for the red imported fire ant solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1276-1284

  Stringer, Lloyd D ^a   Suckling, David Maxwell ^a   Baird, David ^b   Vander Meer, Robert K ^c   Christian, Sheree J ^d   Lester, Philip J ^e  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b USDA ARS ^*  (New Zealand)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (New Zealand)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

detection; food preference; foraging distance; model; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PITFALL TRAP; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN; SAMPLING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GAINESVILLE; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 80054098029     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11002     Document Type: Article

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