Manipulating tropical fire ants to reduce the coffee berry borer

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 603-609

  Trible, Waring ^a   Carroll, Ron ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coffee berry borer; Fire ant; Formicidae; Hypothenemus hampei; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANT; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP PEST; PEST CONTROL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

COSTA RICA;

FORMICIDAE; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 84908235266     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12139     Document Type: Article

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