Fire Ants And Leaf-cutting Ants: Biology And Management

452 Pages·1986·19.079 MB·\452

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Fire Ants
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About the Book and Editors
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Fire Ants
and Leaf-Cutting Ants
Biology and Management
edited by Clifford S. Lofgren
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First published 1986 by Westview Press
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Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
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Prefa ce . . xii
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Acknowledgments xiv
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KEYNOTE ADDREss
1. The Defining Traits of Fire Ants and Leaf-Cutting Ants
1
E. O. Wils,on • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • •
HISTORY AND ECONOMICS
2. History of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Problem
J. M. Cherrett 1 O
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3. Economics of Grass-Cutting Ants
H. G. Fowler, L. C. Forti, V. Pereira-da-Silva, and
N. B. Saes....................................... 18
4. History of Imported Fire Ants in the United States
C. S. Lofgren 36
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5. Agricultural and Medical Impact of the Imported
Fire Ants
C. T. Ada.ms 48
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6. Beneficial Aspects of the Imported Fire Ant: A Field
Ecology Approach
T. E. Reagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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vii
viii
BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
7. The Ecological Nature of the Fire Ant: Some Aspects
of Colony Function and Some Unanswered Questions
W. R. Ts�hinkel .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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8. Observations on the Biology and Ecology of Fire Ants
in Brazil
D. P. Wojcik 88
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9. Temperature Tolerances of the Red Imported
Fire Ant
o. F. Francke and J. C. Cokendolpher •••••••••••••••1 04
1 O. Temporal Foraging Patterns of Solenopsis invicta
and Native Ants of Central Texas
S. A. Phillips, S. R. Jones, and D. M. Claborn 114
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11. Population Dynamics of Leaf-Cutting Ants:
A Brief Review
H. G. Fowler, V. Pereira-da-Silva, L. C. ·Forti, and
N. B. Saes 123
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12. The Foraging Ecology of Atta texana in Texas
D. A. Waller 146
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13. Territoriality in Leaf-Cutting Ants, Atta spp.
E. F. Vilela and P. E. Howse -:::-: 159
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14. Ecological Studies of the Leaf-Cutting Ant,
Acromyrmex octospinosus, in Guadeloupe.
P. Therrien, J. N. McNeil, W. G. Wellington, and
G. Febvay 172
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BEHAVIOR, PHEROMONES, AND OTHER SEMIOCHEMICALS
15. Perspectives on Some Queen Pheromones of Social
Insects with Special Reference to the Fire Ant,
Solenopsis invicta
D. J. C. Fletcher .................................1 84
16. Chemical Communication in Leaf-Cutting Ants
P. E. Howse 192
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17. The Trail Pheromone Complex of Solenopsis invicta
and Solenopsis richteri
R. K. Va nder Meer 201
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18. Nestmate Recognition and Territorial Marking in
Solenopsis geminata and in some Attini
K. Jaffe 211
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19. The Queen Recognition Pheromone of Solenopsis invicta
B. M. Glancey 223
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20. Leaf-Cutting Ant Symbiotic Fungi: A Synthesis of
Recent Research
A. Kermarrec, M. Decharme, and G. Febvay 231
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21. Prevention of Feeding by Acromyrmex octospinosus
with Antifeedants from Yams
G. Febvay and A. Kermarrec 247
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22. Chemical Ecology of Host Plant Selection by the
'Leaf-Cutting Ant, Atta cephalotes
J. J. Howard and D. F. Wiemer 260
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PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
23. Digestive Physiology of Leaf-Cutting Ants
G. Febvay and A. Kermarrec 27 4
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24. The Physiology of the Imported Fire Ants:
Basic Gaps in Our Understanding
289
S. B. Vinson
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25. Neurobiological Basis of Chemical Communication in
the Fungus-Growing Ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus
J. Delabie, C. Masson, and G. Febvay 302
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26. Chemical Taxonomy as a Tool for Separating
Solenopsis spp.
R. K. Vander Meer 316
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CURRENT AND FUTURE CONTROL STRATEGIES
27. Diseases of Fire Ants: Problems and Opportunities
D. P. Jouvenaz 327
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28. Protection of Leaf-Cutting Ants from Biohazards:
Is There a Future for Microbiological Control?
A. Kermarrec, G. Febvay, and M. Decharme 339
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