ECOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
 
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    Are multiple queen mounds of the red imported fire ant more difficult to control than single queen mounds?- Bastiaan M. Drees and S. Bradleigh Vinson. (1987)
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    Fire ant predation on waterfowl-  Bastiaan M. Drees, S. Bradleigh Vinson, and H. Whitehead.  (1991)
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    Acceptability of plant oils to the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera:  Formicidae)-  Bastiaan M. Drees and S. Bradleigh Vinson.  (1991)
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    Impact of red imported fire ant predation on low-nesting colonial waterbirds on the Rollover Pass Islands, Texas - Bastiaan M. Drees (1991)
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    Survey of imported fire ant mound densities in Managed Native Prairies - The Attwater Prairie-Chicken National Wildlife Refuge -  Bastiaan M. Drees, Jennie Hoskins, and Mike Morrow. (1991)
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    Survey of red imported fire ant mound densities in managed native prairies - The Attwater Prairie-Chicken National Wildlife Refuge: Final Report- Bastiaan M. Drees, Jennie Hoskins and Rick Jahn. (1993)
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    Red imported fire ant invasion of fallow rice fields- Bastiaan M. Drees, Rick Jahn and James Raabe. (1993)    (Click here to download this report in ".pdf" format)

    Effect of red imported fire ants on wildlife (rodent) populations, Lake Conroe Dam, Montgomery Co., Texas: Fire ant mound monitoring and suppression program- Bastiaan M. Drees, Charles L. Barr, Michael E. Heimer, and S. Bradleigh Vinson. (1994)
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    Exclusion of ants using holes of various diameters- Bastiaan M. Drees. (1995)
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Evaluation of Piperonyl Butoxide (PBO) as a Potential Insect Growth Regulator for Red Imported Fire Ants - Charles L. Barr and Bastiaan M. Drees.  (1999)
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Release and Attempts to Document the Establishment of Natural Enemies of the Red Imported Fire Ant - Final Report 1999 - Jerry L. Cook. (1999)
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Target-Specific Fire Ant Suppression for Preservation of Native Species and Non-Target Organisms such as the Horned Lizard - Jerry L. Cook (1999)
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For further technical information on the content of these reports or to find out more about contracting Fire Ant Applied Research services, contact:

Bastiaan "Bart" M. Drees
Professor, Extension Entomologist and Regents Fellow
Department of Entomology
412 Minnie Belle Heep, 2475 TAMU
College Station, TX   77843-2475
Ph: 979-845-7026
Fax: 979-845-7029
Email:  b-drees@tamu.edu  

Dr. Charles L. Barr Extension Program Specialist
Department of Entomology
Building 4431, TAMU Riverside Campus
Highway 47, P.O. Box 2150
Bryan, TX 77806
Phone: 979-845-6800
Fax: 979-845-6501
E-mail: cbarr@tamu.edu