Effect of broadcast baiting on abundance patterns of red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and key local ant genera at long-term monitoring sites in Brisbane, Australia

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1307-1315

  McNaught, Melinda K ^a   Wylie, F Ross ^a   Harris, Evan J ^a   Alston, Clair L ^b   Burwell, Chris J ^c,d   Jennings, Craig ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant abundance; Broadcast bait; Nontarget impact; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; INSECT CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; INSECT CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84905717534     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC14008     Document Type: Article

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