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Frontiers in Forests and Global ChangeAs one of the most destructive and aggressive exotic harmful species, Solenopsis invicta Buren has spread rapidly in China, posing serious threats to biodiversity as well as human production and life.
Xinggang Tang +9 more
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How to fool a virgin: Artificial dealation triggers oviposition in virgin Lasius niger queens [PDF]
, 2018 .: Once inseminated, ant queens rapidly shed their wings and start to lay eggs. Here we test whether there is a causal link between dealation and oviposition in the ant Lasius niger.
Gräff, J., Jemielity, S., Keller, L.
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Symbiotic microbiota may reflect host adaptation by resident to invasive ant species.
PLoS Pathogens, 2019 Exotic invasive species can influence the behavior and ecology of native and resident species, but these changes are often overlooked. Here we hypothesize that the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum, living in areas that have been invaded by the red ...
Daifeng Cheng +9 more
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Individual organisms as units of analysis: Bayesian-clustering alternatives in population genetics. [PDF]
, 2004 Population genetic analyses traditionally focus on the frequencies of alleles or genotypes in 'populations' that are delimited a priori. However, there are potential drawbacks of amalgamating genetic data into such composite attributes of assemblages of ...
Avise, John C, Mank, Judith E
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Virome of red imported fire ants by metagenomic analysis in Guangdong, southern China
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe red imported fire ant (RIFA) has made China its habitat for approximately 25 years, but few reports have described the species and amount of virus circulating in it.
Qiuxu Li +11 more
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Survey for ants on the island of Maui, Hawaii, with emphasis on the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) [PDF]
, 2008 Reports were scanned in black and white at a resolution of 600 dots per inch and were converted to text using Adobe Paper Capture Plug-in.The little fire ant (LFA), Wasmannia auropunctata, is an aggressive pest ant with a painful sting that has spread to
Loope, Lloyd L. +2 more
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Fire Ants Management in Industrial Hemp
EDISThis publication highlights the presence, damage, and management of imported fire ants in industrial hemp production. This UF/IFAS Extension publication offers practical knowledge to researchers, Extension agents, growers, crop consultants, agricultural
Nkem Nwosu +6 more
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Testing the Attractiveness and Efficacy of Baits for the Monitoring and Control of the Thief Ant, Solenopsis papuana [PDF]
, 2016 Solenopsis papuana is one of the few introduced ant species that have widely infiltrated undisturbed mesic and wet forests in Hawaii. This may be problematic since many endemic Hawaiian insects are limited to mountain forests, and methods for monitoring ...
Krushelnycky, Paul D. +1 more
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EDIS, 2020 While there are many species of ants in Florida, the invasive fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is the one most people are familiar with. These ants can be pests in agriculture, landscapes and structures.
Lauren Marie Diepenbrock
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Visualization and quality assessment of de novo genome assemblies [PDF]
, 2017 Summary: Recent technological progress has greatly facilitated de novo genome sequencing. However, de novo assemblies consist in many pieces of contiguous sequence (contigs) arranged in thousands of scaffolds instead of small numbers of chromosomes ...
Falquet, Laurent +4 more
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