Studies on species composition, seasonal abundance, food preferences and control of structure-infesting ants in student housings in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang

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dc.contributor.authorBasari, Norasmah
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-18T07:47:35Z
dc.date.available2014-11-18T07:47:35Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionMasteren_US
dc.description.abstractA study on species composition, seasonal abundance, food preferences and control of structure-infesting ants was carried out in students housing in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. The study was conducted for a period of 13 months began on January 2005 until January 2006. Two multi-level buildings were chosen in this study namely H13, Desasiswa Bakti Permai and International House, an 8 and 6-storey building respectively. Eleven ant species were found belonging to 9 genera and 4 subfamilies inhabiting in the buildings and they were Camponatus sp., Monomorium destructor (Jerdon), Monomorium floricola (Jerdon), Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus.), Odontoponera sp., Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius), Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius), Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius), Tetramorium sp. and Technomyrmex sp. H13, Bakti Permai building recorded the highest diversity of ants when compared to International House. The dominant ant species in the building were P. longicornis and M. pharaonis. The highest numbers of ants were found on the ground floor in H13, Bakti Permai while the highest number of ants recorded in International House was on the fifth floor.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/578
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectScienceen_US
dc.subjectspecies compositionen_US
dc.subjectseasonal abundanceen_US
dc.subjectfood preferencesen_US
dc.subjectstructure-infesting antsen_US
dc.titleStudies on species composition, seasonal abundance, food preferences and control of structure-infesting ants in student housings in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinangen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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