Description
Originally published in 1994, this volume presents research findings from experts on introduced pest ant species.
Table of 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.
