File Download
There are no files associated with this item.
Links for fulltext
(May Require Subscription)
- Publisher Website: 10.1007/s11252-019-00893-3
- Scopus: eid_2-s2.0-85071449129
- WOS: WOS:000512096800001
- Find via
Supplementary
- Citations:
- Appears in Collections:
Article: Ecological and socio-economic impacts of the Red Import Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on urban agricultural ecosystems
Title | Ecological and socio-economic impacts of the Red Import Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on urban agricultural ecosystems |
---|---|
Authors | |
Keywords | Biological invasions Hong Kong Socio-economic costs Solenopsis invicta Urban farming |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1083-8155 |
Citation | Urban Ecosystems, 2020, v. 23, p. 1-12 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The agricultural impacts of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren 1972, have been well studied in North America, but have received less emphasis in Asia where the species was first detected in the early 2000’s. Simultaneously, with urbanization rapidly expanding in Asia, S. invicta impacts on the socio-economic benefits of urban farming are to this point unknown. Our study focuses on establishing a baseline on the geographic distribution of the S. invicta spread in Hong Kong urban agroecosystems and its potential impacts on native ant communities and farmers through a series of field surveys and interviews. Our results show that in 15 years, S. invicta has invaded half of the Hong Kong urban agroecosystems, with infestation levels slightly varying in farming practices (organic vs. traditional) but greatly among the different types of cultures. Ecologically, the presence of S. invicta and its increased abundance were associated with a decrease in ant community species richness and evenness. Economically, the farmers’ perception indicated that S. invicta could have impacts on crops production ranging from 10% to 80%, as well as important public health issues associated to indirect economic costs due to the aggressive stinging and consequences on other educational activities. Finally, all control methods used were mainly inefficient and maladjusted to these environments. With dense infested farm locations and current management, S. invicta prevalence and its cost are expected to expand. This prospective situation requests the development of professional guidance and management plans to impede S. invicta spread and rising impacts. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276034 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.843 |
ISI Accession Number ID |
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Chan, KH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Guenard, B | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-10T02:54:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-10T02:54:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Urban Ecosystems, 2020, v. 23, p. 1-12 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1083-8155 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/276034 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The agricultural impacts of the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren 1972, have been well studied in North America, but have received less emphasis in Asia where the species was first detected in the early 2000’s. Simultaneously, with urbanization rapidly expanding in Asia, S. invicta impacts on the socio-economic benefits of urban farming are to this point unknown. Our study focuses on establishing a baseline on the geographic distribution of the S. invicta spread in Hong Kong urban agroecosystems and its potential impacts on native ant communities and farmers through a series of field surveys and interviews. Our results show that in 15 years, S. invicta has invaded half of the Hong Kong urban agroecosystems, with infestation levels slightly varying in farming practices (organic vs. traditional) but greatly among the different types of cultures. Ecologically, the presence of S. invicta and its increased abundance were associated with a decrease in ant community species richness and evenness. Economically, the farmers’ perception indicated that S. invicta could have impacts on crops production ranging from 10% to 80%, as well as important public health issues associated to indirect economic costs due to the aggressive stinging and consequences on other educational activities. Finally, all control methods used were mainly inefficient and maladjusted to these environments. With dense infested farm locations and current management, S. invicta prevalence and its cost are expected to expand. This prospective situation requests the development of professional guidance and management plans to impede S. invicta spread and rising impacts. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1083-8155 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Urban Ecosystems | - |
dc.rights | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in [insert journal title]. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI] | - |
dc.subject | Biological invasions | - |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | - |
dc.subject | Socio-economic costs | - |
dc.subject | Solenopsis invicta | - |
dc.subject | Urban farming | - |
dc.title | Ecological and socio-economic impacts of the Red Import Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on urban agricultural ecosystems | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, KH: khchan95@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Guenard, BS: bguenard@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Guenard, BS=rp01963 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s11252-019-00893-3 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85071449129 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 303297 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 303337 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000512096800001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1083-8155 | - |