Bibliography of
Little Fire Ant Literature
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Vanderwoude, C., A. N. Andersen, and A. P. N. House. 1997a. Ant communities as bioindicators in relation to fire management of spotted gum forests (Eucalyptus maculata Hook.) forests in south-east Queensland. Memoirs of the Victorian Museum 56:671-675.
Vanderwoude, C., A. N. Andersen, and A. P. N. House. 1997b. Community organisation, biogeography and seasonality of ants in an open forest of south-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 45:523-537.
Vanderwoude, C., S. Boudjelas, M. Gruber, B. Hoffmann, D. Oi, and S. Porter. 2001. Biosecurity Plan for Invasive Ants in the Pacific Region. Invasive Alien Species: Observations and Issues from Around the World, Volume 2: Issues and Invasions
in Asia and the Pacific Region, First Edition.
Vanderwoude, C., M. Elson-Harris, J. R. Hargreaves, E. J. Harris, and K. Plowman. 2004. An overview of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) eradication plan for Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum 7:11-16.
Vanderwoude, C., L. Fatdal, and S. Bule. 2015a. Recommendations for Future Management of Little Fire Ants in Vanuatu. Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Vanderwoude, C., D. Haynes, E. Richards, B. Quinquis, D. Moverley, and P. Skelton. 2014. Managing the impacts of the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) in French Polynesia. Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, Apia, Samoa.
Vanderwoude, C., F. Klasner, J. Kirkpatrick, and S. Kaye. 2015b. Maunakea Invasive Species Management Plan. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii, Honolulu Hawaii.
Vanderwoude, C., L. A. Lobry de Bruyn, and A. P. N. House. 2000. Response of an open-forest ant community to invasion by the introduced ant Pheidole megacephala. Austral Ecology 25:253-259.
Vanderwoude, C. and B. Nadeau. 2009. Application methods for paste bait formulations in control of ants in arboreal situations. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 41:113-119.
Vanderwoude, C., K. Onuma, and N. Reimer. 2010. Eradicating Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Maui, Hawaii: The use of combination treatments to control an arboreal invasive ant. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 42:23-31.
General Literature
Ayre, G. L. 1979. Exotic ants in Winnipeg. Manitoba Entomologist 11:41-44.
Barr, C. L. and R. L. Best. 1999. Spinosad Bait Rate and Formulation Study.
Bisson, P. A. 2002. Invasive Species in a Changing World. Restoration Ecology:603- 605.
Calcaterra, L. A., C. Coulin, J. A. Briano, and P. A. Follet. 2012. Acute exposure to low-dose radiation disrupts reproduction and shortens survival of Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens. Journal of Economic Entomology 105:817-822.
Caldera, E. J., K. G. Ross, C. J. DeHeer, amd D. D. Shoemaker. 2008. Putative native source of the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA. Biological Invasions 10: 1457-1479.
Chen, Y. 2008. Global potential distribution of an invasive species, the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) under climate change. Integrative Zoology 3.
Chong, K. F. and L. C.Y. 2009. Evaluation of liquid baits against field populations of the Longlegged Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 102:1586-1590.
Clark, D. B., C. Guayasamin, O. Pazamino, C. Donoso, and Y. Paez de Villacis. 1982. The tramp ant Wasmannia auropunctata: Autoecology and effect on ant diversity and distribution on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos. Biotropica 14:196-207.
Collins, H. L. and M. A. Callcott. 1981. Fipronil: An ultra low-dose bait toxicant for control of Red Imported Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 81:407-415.
Conant, P. and C. Hirayama. 2000. Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera:Formicidae): established on the Island of Hawaii. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 64:21-22.
Cooper, M. L., K. M. Daane, E. H. Nelson, L. G. Varela, M. C. Battany, T. N.D., and M. K. Rust. 2008. Liquid baits control Argentine ants sustainably in coastal vineyards. California Agriculture 62:177-183.
Csondes, A. 2004. Environmental Fate of Methoprene. Sacramento, CA.
Cuezzo, F., L. A. Calcaterra, L. Chifflet, and P. A. Follet. 2015. Wasmannia Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Argentina: systematics and distribution. Sociobiology 62:246-265.
de Souza, A. L. B., J. H. C. Delabie, and H. G. Fowler. 1998. Wasmannia spp. (Hym. Formicidae) and insect damages to cocoa in Brazilian farms. Journal of Applied Entomology 122:339-341.
de Souza, A. L. B., C. S. F. Mariano, J. Delabie, S. G. Pompolo, and J. E. Serrao. 2011. Cytogenetic studies on workers of the neotropical ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger 1863) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Ann. soc. entomol. Fr. 47:510-513.
Delabie, J. H. C. 1988b. Occurrence of Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in cacao plantations in Bahia, Brazil.
Delabie, J. H. C. 1989. Preliminary evaluation of an alternative technique for the control of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata in cacao plantations. Agrotropica 1:75-78.
Delabie, J. H. C. 1990. The ant problems of cocoa farms in Brazil. Pages 556-569 in R. K. Vander Meer, K. Jaffe, and A. Cedeno, editors. Applied myrmecology: A world perspective. Westview Press.
Delabie, J. H. C. 1995. Community structure of house-infesting ants (Hymeoptera: Formicidae) in southern Bahia, Brazil. Florida Entomologist 78:264-270.
Delabie, J. H. C. and I. M. Cazorla. 1991. Damages caused by Planococcus citri Risso (Homoptera pseudococcidae) to the production of cocoa tree. Agrotropica 3:53-57.
Derstine, N. T., E. J. Troyer, C. N. Suttles, L. A. Siderhurst, E. B. Jang, and M. S. Siderhurst. 2012. Field trapping the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Journal of Insect Science 12:1-13.
dos Santos, P. F., A. R. Fonseca, and N. M. Sanches. 2009. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as vectors for bacteria in two hospitals in the municipality of Divinópolis, State of Minas Gerais. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 42:565-569.
Drees, B. M., H. L. Collins, D. F. Williams, and A. Bhatkar. 2002. Considerations for planning, implementing and evaluating a spot-eradication program for imported fire ants. Page 4 Fire Ant Fact Sheet #30. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. USA.
Eller, F. J., T. Fezza, L. A. Carvalho, E. B. Jang, and D. E. Palmquist. 2015. Field test for repellency of cedarwood oil and cedrol to Little Fire Ants. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 47:71-77.
Errard, C., J. Delabie, H. Jourdan, and A. Hefetz. 2005. Intercontinental chemical variation in the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Hymenoptera Formicidae): a key to the invasive success of a tramp species. Naturwissenschaften 92:319-323.
Fabres, G. and W. Brown jnr. 1978. The recent introduction of the pest ant Wasmannia auropunctata into New Caledonia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17:139-142.
Fasi, J. 2009. Quantifying the dominance of Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) and its effect on crops in the Solmon Islands. University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
Fasi, J., G. Brodie, and C. Vanderwoude. 2013. Increases in crop pests caused by Wasmannia auropunctata in Solomon Islands subsistence gardens. Journal of Applied Entomology 137:580-588.
Feener, D. H. 2005. Burning ambitions : the science and politics of fire ant control. Ecology 86:1958- 1959.
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Fernández-Casas, R. 2007. Division of labor in the little fire ant Wasmannia auropuntata. Entomological Society of America, San Diego, USA.
Foucaud, J., A. Estoup, A. Loiseau, O. Rey, and J. Orivel. 2010a. Thelytokous parthenogenesis, male clonality and genetic caste determination in the little fire ant: new evidence and insights from the lab. Heredity 105:205-212.
Foucaud, J., D. Fournier, J. Orivel, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Loiseau, J. Le Breton, G. J. Kergoat, and A. Estoup. 2007. Sex and Clonality in the Little Fire Ant. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24:2465-2473.
Foucaud, J., H. Jourdan, J. Le Breton, A. Loiseau, D. Konghouleux, and A. Estoup. 2006. Rare sexual reproduction events in the clonal reproduction system of introduced populations of the little fire ant. Evolution 60:1646-1657.
Foucaud, J., J. Orivel, D. Fournier, J. Delabie, A. Loiseau, J. L. Breton, P. Cerdans, and A. Estoup. 2009. Reproductive system, social organization, human disturbance and ecological dominance in native populations of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Molecular Ecology 18:5059- 5073.
Foucaud, J., J. Orivel, A. Loiseau, J. H. C. Delabie, H. Jourdan, D. Konghouleux, M. Vonshak, M. Tindo, J. Mercier, D. Fresneau, J. Mikissa, T. McGlynn, A. S. Mikheyev, J. Oettler, and A. Estoup. 2010b. Worldwide invasion by the little fire ant: routes of introduction and eco-evolutionary pathways. Evolutionary Applications:1-13.
Foucaud, J., O. Rey, S. R. L. Crespin, J. Orivel, B. Facon, A. Loiseau, H. Jourdan, M. Kenne, P. S. M. Masse, M. Tindo, M. Vonshak, . , and A. Estoup. 2013. Thermotolerance adaptation to human-modified habitats occurs in the native range of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata before long-distance dispersal. Evolutionary Applications 6:721-734.
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