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International Journal of Pest Management Volume 56, 2010 - Issue 4
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Weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), as biocontrol agents on African mahogany trees, Khaya senegalensis (Sapindales: Meliaceae), in the Northern Territory of Australia

Renkang Peng School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Keith Christian School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia
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Don Reilly Department of Regional Development, Primary Industries, Fisheries and Resources, Berrimah, NT, 0828, Australia
Pages 363-370 | Received 21 Jul 2009, Accepted 18 Jun 2010, Published online: 15 Sep 2010

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Renkang Peng, Keith Christian & Don Reilly. (2013) Using weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina to control two important pests on African mahogany Khaya senegalensis in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Forestry 76:2, pages 76-82.
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Chrysantus Tanga, Sunday Ekesi, Prem Govender, Peterson Nderitu & Samira Mohamed. (2015) Antagonistic Interactions between the African Weaver Ant Oecophylla longinoda and the Parasitoid Anagyrus pseudococci Potentially Limits Suppression of the Invasive Mealybug Rastrococcus iceryoides. Insects 7:1, pages 1.
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Issa Ouagoussounon, Joachim Offenberg, Antonio Sinzogan, Appolinaire Adandonon, Dansou Kossou & Jean-François Vayssières. (2015) Founding weaver ant queens (Oecophylla longinoda) increase production and nanitic worker size when adopting non-nestmate pupae. SpringerPlus 4:1.
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Christian Pinkalski, Christian Damgaard, Karl-Martin V. Jensen, Rene Gislum, Renkang Peng & Joachim Offenberg. (2015) Non-destructive biomass estimation of Oecophylla smaragdina colonies: a model species for the ecological impact of ants . Insect Conservation and Diversity 8:5, pages 464-473.
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R. Peng & K. Christian. (2013) Do weaver ants affect arthropod diversity and the natural-enemy-to-pest ratio in horticultural systems?. Journal of Applied Entomology 137:9, pages 711-720.
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Renkang Peng, Keith Christian & Don Reilly. (2012) Biological control of the fruit‐spotting bug Amblypelta lutescens using weaver ants Oecophylla smaragdina on African mahoganies in Australia . Agricultural and Forest Entomology 14:4, pages 428-433.
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