Exotic ants : biology, impact, and control of introduced species /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williams, David F., 1938-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Westview Press, 1994.
Series:Westview studies in insect biology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Galapagos ant fauna and the attributes of colonizing ant species
  • Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian ecosystems
  • Characteristics of tramp species
  • Coexisiting patterns and foraging behavior of introduced and native ants (Hymenoptera formicidae) in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
  • Perspectives on control of the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) on the Galapagos Islands
  • Food searching behavior and competition between Wasmannia auropunctata and native ants on Santa Cruz and Isabela, Galapagos Islands
  • The ecology of Wasmannia auropunctata in primary tropical rainforest in Costa Rica and Panama
  • Relations between the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, and its associated mealybug, Planococcus citri, in Brazilian cocoa farms
  • Biology and importance of two Eucharitid parasites of Wasmannia and Solenopsis
  • Impact of Paratrechina fulva on other ant species
  • The ecology and distribution of Myrmicaria opaciventris
  • Exotic ants and community simplification in Brazil: a review of the impact of exotic ants on native ant assemblages.
  • Spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) with special reference to Western Australia
  • Ant pests of Western Australia, with particular reference to the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)
  • Ant fauna of the French and Venezuelan Islands in the Caribbean
  • Exotic ants and native ant fauna of Brazilian hospitals
  • Big-headed ants, Pheidole megacephala: interference with the biological control of gray pineapple mealybugs
  • The impact and control of the crazy ant, Anoplolepis longiopes (Jerd.), in the Seychelles
  • Control of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands
  • Foraging of the Pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis: an exotic in the urban environment
  • Impact of the invasion of Solenopsis invicta (Buren) on native food webs
  • Impact of red imported fire ants on the ant fauna of Central Texas
  • Impact of the red imported fire ant on native ant species in Florida
  • Control of the introduced pest Solenopsis invitca in the United States
  • Biological control of introduced ant species.