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Study suggests fire ant baiting in Queensland may help invaders spread faster

A provocative new international study published in Austral Ecology warns the massive "broadcast baiting" campaign currently used to combat Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) in south-east Queensland may be doing more harm than good.

Study suggests fire ant baiting in Queensland may help invaders spread faster
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A provocative new international study published in Austral Ecology warns the massive "broadcast baiting" campaign currently used to combat Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) in south-east Queensland may be doing more harm than good.

Originally published at Phys.org

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