Exotic ants. Biology, impact, and control of introduced species

The Galapagos ant fauna and the attributes of colonizing ant species -- Distribution and impact of alien ants in vulnerable Hawaiian ecosystems -- Characteristics of tramp species -- Coexisiting patterns and foraging behavior of introduced and native ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) -- Perspectives on control of the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) on the Galapagos Islands -- Food searching behavior and competition between Wasmannia auropunctata and native ants on Santa Cruz and Isabela, Galapagos Islands -- The ecology of Wasmannia auropunctata in primary tropical rainforest in Costa Rica and Panama -- Relations between the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, and its associated mealybug, Planococcus citri, in Brazilian cocoa farms -- Biology and importance of two Eucharitid parasites of Wasmannia and Solenopsis -- Impact of Paratrechina fulva on other ant species -- The ecology and distribution of Myrmicaria opaciventris -- Exotic ants and community simplification in Brazil: a review of the impact of exotic ants on native ant assemblages. -- Spread of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) with special reference to Western Australia -- Ant pests of Western Australia, with particular reference to the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) -- Ant fauna of the French and Venezuelan Islands in the Caribbean -- Exotic ants and native ant fauna of Brazilian hospitals -- Big-headed ants, Pheidole megacephala: interference with the biological control of gray pineapple mealybugs -- The impact and control of the crazy ant, Anoplolepis longiopes (Jerd.), in the Seychelles -- Control of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands -- Foraging of the Pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis: an exotic in the urban environment -- Impact of the invasion of Solenopsis invicta (Buren) on native food webs -- Impact of red imported fire ants on the ant fauna of Central Texas -- Impact of the red imported fire ant on native ant species in Florida -- Control of the introduced pest Solenopsis invitca in the United States -- Biological control of introduced ant species. Summaries also in Spanish.