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Author Lofgren, Clifford S

Title Fire Ants and Leaf-Cutting Ants : Biology and Management
Published Milton : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (452 pages)
Series Westview studies in insect biology
Westview studies in insect biology.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; KEYNOTE ADDRESS; 1. The Defining Traits of Fire Ants and Leaf-Cutting Ants; HISTORY AND ECONOMICS; 2. History of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Problem; 3. Economics of Grass-Cutting Ants; 4. History of Imported Fire Ants in the United States; 5. Agricultural and Medical Impact of the Imported Fire Ants; 6. Beneficial Aspects of the Imported Fire Ant: A Field Ecology Approach; BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY; 7. The Ecological Nature of the Fire Ant: Some Aspects of Colony Function and Some Unanswered Questions
8. Observations on the Biology and Ecology of Fire Ants in Brazil9. Temperature Tolerances of the Red Imported Fire Ant; 10. Temporal Foraging Patterns of Solenopsis invicta and Native Ants of Central Texas; 11. Population Dynamics of Leaf-Cutting Ants: A Brief Review; 12. The Foraging Ecology of Atta texana in Texas; 13. Territoriality in Leaf-Cutting Ants, Atta spp; 14. Ecological Studies of the Leaf-Cutting Ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus, in Guadeloupe; BEHAVIOR, PHEROMONES, AND OTHER SEMIOCHEMICALS
15. Perspectives on Some Queen Pheromones of Social Insects with Special Reference to the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta16. Chemical Communication in Leaf-Cutting Ants; 17. The Trail Pheromone Complex of Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri; 18. Nestmate Recognition and Territorial Marking in Solenopsis geminata and in some Attini; 19. The Queen Recognition Pheromone of Solenopsis invicta; 20. Leaf-Cutting Ant Symbiotic Fungi: A Synthesis of Recent Research; 21. Prevention of Feeding by Acromyrmex octospinosus with Antifeedants from Yams
22. Chemical Ecology of Host Plant Selection by the Leaf-Cutting Ant, Atta cephalotesPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY; 23. Digestive Physiology of Leaf-Cutting Ants; 24. The Physiology of the Imported Fire Ants: Basic Gaps in Our Understanding; 25. Neurobiological Basis of Chemical Communication in the Fungus-Growing Ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus; 26. Chemical Taxonomy as a Tool for Separating Solenopsis spp; CURRENT AND FUTURE CONTROL STRATEGIES; 27. Diseases of Fire Ants: Problems and Opportunities
28. Protection of Leaf-Cutting Ants from Biohazards: Is There a Future for Microbiological Control?29. Chemical Control and Bait Formulations for Leaf-Cutting Ants; 30. The Search for Chemical Bait Toxicants; 31. Chemical Baits: Specificity and Effects on Other Ant Species; 32. Insect Growth Regulators for Control of the Imported Fire Ant; 33. Status of Leaf-Cutting Ant Control in Forest Plantations in Brazil; 34. Control of Atta and Acromyrmex spp. in Pine Tree Plantations in the Venezuelan Llanos; List of Contributors; Taxonomic Index; Subject Index
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Subject Fire ants.
Leaf-cutting ants.
Fire ants -- Control
Leaf-cutting ants -- Control
Ants -- Control.
Ants -- Control
Fire ants
Fire ants -- Control
Leaf-cutting ants
Leaf-cutting ants -- Control
Feuerameise Gattung
Kongress
Blattschneiderameisen
Relations insecte-plante.
Acromyrmex -- Biologie.
Atta -- Biologie.
Solenopsis -- Biologie.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429691645
0429691645
9780429711657
0429711654