@article {33502, title = {Taking the sting out of Little Fire Ant in Hawaii}, journal = {Ecological Economics}, volume = {111}, year = {2015}, month = {Jan-03-2015}, pages = {100 - 110}, abstract = {

In the 1990\&$\#$39;s, Little Fire Ants (LFAs) found its way to the island of Hawaii, most likely traveling with a shipment of potted plants from Florida. These plants were subsequently sold to consumers along the east coast of the Island, along with Little Fire Ant colonies living in the potting medium. LFA is now thriving and continues to spread. Fifteen years after the initial detection in 1999, LFA has spread to over 4000 locations on the island of Hawaii and has been found in isolated locations on Kauai, Maui, and Oahu Islands. Current efforts are expected to contain the infestations on the other islands but significant additional investment is needed to halt the rapid spread of LFA on the island of Hawaii.

Increased management expenditures can suppress infestations; reduce spread between sectors; and decrease long-term management costs, damages, and stings.

}, keywords = {bioeconomic modeling, Invasive species, Little Fire Ant, management, socio-economic impacts, Wasmannia auropunctata}, issn = {09218009}, doi = {10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.01.010}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921800915000233http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0921800915000233?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0921800915000233?httpAccept=text/plain}, author = {Lee, Donna J. and Motoki, Michael and Vanderwoude, Casper and Nakamoto, Stuart T. and Leung, PingSun} } @article {33457, title = {A bioeconomic model of Little Fire Ant Wasmannia auropunctata in Hawaii}, year = {2013}, pages = {89 pp.}, institution = {Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawai{\textquoteleft}i}, address = {Honolulu, Hawai{\textquoteright}i}, abstract = {

Wasmannia auropunctata, known as the Little Fire Ant (LFA), was first detected on the island of Hawai\‘i (the Big Island) in 1999. It was most probably introduced through imports of contaminated potted plants from mainland USA. We estimate that LFA has now spread to over 4,000 locations on the Big Island and under current management efforts will spread rapidly inundating the Big Island in 15-20 years. Increased efforts in prevention, detections, and mitigation treatments will suppress existing infestations, reduce rate of spread and decrease long term management costs, damages, and human stings. Benefits from increased management are estimated to be $5 billion savings including $540 million in reduced damages and 2.1 billion fewer sting incidents over 35 years.

}, keywords = {bioeconomic modeling, Invasive species, management, socio-economic impacts, Wasmannia auropunctata}, url = {http://manoa.hawaii.edu/hpicesu/techr/186/default.htm}, author = {Motoki, M. and Lee, D. J. and Vanderwoude, C. and Nakamato, S. T. and Leung, P.} }