Southern Research Station

Title: Estimating timber losses from a town ant colony with aerial photographs

Author: Moser, John C.

Date: 1986

Source: Southern Journal of Applied Forestry Vol. 10(1): p. 45-49

Description: Aerial photographs were used to locate an individual nest of Atta texana (Buckley) and to estimate the area of damage in a plantation of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). Stumpage loss from the nest over a period of 30 years was estimated to be $653.

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Moser, John C.  1986.  Estimating timber losses from a town ant colony with aerial photographs.   Southern Journal of Applied Forestry Vol. 10(1): p. 45-49