02723nas a2200133 4500008004100000245011100041210006900152260005700221520215700278653001402435653001502449110003002464856009502494 2006 eng d00aThreat abatement plan to reduce the impacts of tramp ants on biodiversity in Australia and its territories0 aThreat abatement plan to reduce the impacts of tramp ants on bio aCanberrabDepartment of the Environment and Heritage3 a

Invasive alien tramp ants are a diverse group of species originating from many regions of the globe which arrive at Australia's doorstep through a variety of transport pathways. They share genetic, behavioural, and ecological attributes that influence their probability of entry, establishment and spread, ecological dominance, and high impact.

While their impacts on biodiversity in Australia are not well quantified, many tramp ants have the ability to affect Australia's native biodiversity. Their impacts may be felt directly through predation upon or competition with native animals, or indirectly by modifying habitat structure and altering ecosystem processes. Most tramp ants have multi-sectoral impacts, and can affect plant and animal health, social and cultural values, and human health.

The effective and appropriate management of threats from tramp ants poses a formidable challenge to Australia, testing the continuum of biosecurity, from pre-border surveillance through to pest management. Individual tramp ant species are at varying stages in the invasion process, so the nature and scale of management responses will vary accordingly.

The tramp ant threat abatement plan establishes a national framework to guide and coordinate Australia's response to tramp ants, identifying the research, management, and other actions necessary to ensure the long-term survival of native species and ecological communities affected by tramp ants.

The goal of the plan is to minimise the impact of invasive tramp ants on biodiversity in Australia and its territories by protecting threatened native species and ecological communities, and preventing further species and ecological communities from becoming threatened.

The department hasn't established a specific implementation team for tramp ants. Initially there was the National Tramp Ant Committee (NTAC) which did have a wide mandate and occasionally assisted with elements of the TAP, but the NTAC has ceased and has been replaced by the Tramp ant consultative committee, which focuses on emergency responses to tramp ant issues.

10aAustralia10amanagement1 aCommonwealth of Australia uhttp://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/tap/pubs/tramp-ants.pdf01562nas a2200241 4500008004100000245005100041210004700092260001800139300000800157520089900165653001301064653001401077653002301091653001001114653001501124653002301139653001501162100001901177700001901196700001801215700001901233856006801252 2012 eng d00aAn Automatic On-Site Fire Ant Screening System0 aAutomatic OnSite Fire Ant Screening System c3-5 Dec. 2012 a1-63 a

This paper proposes the first attempt for semi-automatic screening and identification of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) in Australia. As an exotic ant species to Australia, fire ants were imported from South America in 2001 and have since been regarded as dangerous pests that could severely damage the environment and many industries. We followed two of the three major identification keys defined by entomologists and proposed: 1) A fusion of two different image features (i.e., the perpendicular median intensity and the perpendicular width) for antenna segment detection; and 2) A weighted histogramming of micropattern features for petiole classification. Our experimental results show that automatic on-site fire ant screening is feasible and the proposed weighted histogramming of micropattern features performs better than the original micropattern representation.

10aAntennas10aAustralia10aFeature extraction10aFires10aHistograms10aImage segmentation10aPrototypes1 aZhao, Sanqiang1 aGao, Yongsheng1 aCaelli, Terry1 aBracco, Fabian uhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=641172500669nas a2200229 4500008004100000245009200041210006900133260001000202300001200212490000800224653001100232653000800243653000900251653001400260653001500274653001500289653001700304653002700321653002700348100001200375856005200387 2003 eng d00aA monographic revision of the ant genus Pristomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 amonographic revision of the ant genus emPristomyrmexem Hymenopte cApril a383-5420 v15710aAfrica10aant10aAsia10aAustralia10aFormicidae10aMyrmicinae10aPristomyrmex10ascientific; morphology10ataxonomy; distribution1 aWang, M uhttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4290885