AN APPRAISAL OF INDIGENOUS ANTS AS LIMITING AGENTS OF FOREST PESTS IN QUEBEC

1 October 1971

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 103 (10) , 1489-1493
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1031489-10

Abstract

Criteria is presented for selecting ant species as predators of insect pests, and a comparison is made between species occurring in Quebec and central Europe. In conclusion it is stated that none of the ants found in Quebec are promising as control agents against forest pests.

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