Exotic ants : biology, impact, and control of introduced species /: biology, impact, and control of introduced species. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David F. Williams.
• Authors: Williams, David F
• Editors: Williams, David F, 1938-
• Contents: The Galapagos ant fauna and the attributes of colonizing ant species, Carlos Roberto F. Brandao and Ricardo V.S. Paiva; distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian ecosystems, Neal J. Reimer; characteristics of tramp species, Luc Passera; coexisting patterns and foraging behaviour of introduced and native ants (Hymenoptera formicidae) in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), Rolf E. Meier; perpsectives on control of the little fire ant (Wasmannia Auropunctata) on the Galapagos Islands, Patricia Ulloa-Chacon and Daniel Cherix; food searching behaviour and competition between Wasmannia Auropunctata and native ants on Santa Cruz and Isabela, Galapagos Islands, Ines de la Vega; the ecology of Wasmannia Auropunctata in primary tropical rainforest in Costa Rica and Panama, Leeanne E. Tennant; relations between the little fire ant, Wasmannia Auropunctata and its associated mealy bug, Planococcus Citri, in Brazilian cocoa farms, J.H.C. Delabie et al; biology and importance of two eucharitid parasites of Wasmannia and Solenopsis, John M. Heraty; impact of Paratrechina Fulva on other ant species, Ingeborg Zenner-Polania; the ecology and distribution of Myrmicaria Opaciventris, J.P. Suzzoni et al; exotic ants and community simplification in Brazil - a review of the impact of exotic ants on native assemblages, Harold G. Fowler et al; spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema Humile), with special reference to Western Australia, J.D. Majer; ant pests of Western Australia, with particular reference to the Argentine ant (Linepithema Humile), J.J. van Schagen et al; ant fauna of the French and Venezuelan Islands in the Caribbean, Klaus Jaffe and John Lattke; exotic ants and native ant fauna of Brazilian hospitals, Odair C. Bueno and H.G. Fowler; big-headed ants, Pheidole Megacephala - interference with the biological control of gray pineapple mealybugs, Gary C. Jahn and John W. Beardsley; the impact and control of the crazy ant, Anoplolepis Longipes (Jerd), in the Seychelles, I.H. Haines et al; control of the little fire ant Wasmannia Auropunctata on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands, Sandra Abedrabbo; foraging of the Pharaoh ant Monomorium Pharaonis - an exotic in the urban environment, Karen M. Vail and D.F. Williams; impact of the invasion of Solenopsis Invicta (Buren) on native food webs, S. Bradleigh Vinson; impact of red imported fire ants on the ant fauna of Central Texas, Rafael Jusino-Atresino and Sherman A. Phillips, Jr.; impact of the red imported fire ant on native ant species in Florida, Daniel P. Wojcik; control of the introduced pest Solenopsis Invicta in the United States, David F. Williams; biological control of introduced ant species, Richard S. Patterson.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.9657; Ants; Insect pests; Ants -- Ecology; Ants -- Control; Exotic animals -- Ecology; Exotic animals -- Control; Nonindigenous pests
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429723032; 9780429703027; 9780429040795
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