Correlation of the Nest Density and the Number of Workers in Bait Traps for Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Southern China

The relationship between Solenopsis invicta nest density and the number of fire ant workers in bait traps and percentages of traps capturing ants were investigated in the waste land of Wuchuan, Guangdong, South China. The results showed that fire ant nest density is positively correlated with the n...

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Main Authors: Yongyue Lu, Lei Wang, Yijuan Xu, Ling Zeng, Ningdong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/499