Red Imported Fire Ants and Their Impacts on Wildlife1
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1. This document is WEC 207 and one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida. First published: April 2006. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for more publications. 2. Emma Willcox is a Graduate Student and William M. Giuliano is an Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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