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Youngs, L. 1985. "Ant predators of the western spruce budworm: species composition and patterns of occurrence in eastern Oregon and western Montana." Pp. 96 in Recent advances in spruce budworm research. Proceedings of the CANUSA Spruce Budworms Research Symposium, Bangor, Maine, September 16-20, 1984, edited by C.J. Sanders, R.W. Stark, E.J. Mullins, and J. Murphy. Canadian Forestry Service.
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This list was compiled by first searching Formis 2002 for references with ‘Formica argentea’ or ‘Formica fusca blanda’ in any field. The resulting list was edited to remove any entries that were dissertations, specific to pest control, concerned primarily with myrmecophiles or predators, or, generally judged to have marginal relevance to this ant species.
(Akre et al. 1981, Allred 1982, Beattie 1985, Bennett 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989a, 1989b, Boomsma & Ratnieks 1996, Bourke 1988, Bourke & Franks 1995, Choe 1988, Clark & Prusso 1986, Crozier & Pamilo 1996, Duffield 1981, Francoeur 1975 ("1974"), 1985, Francoeur & Snelling 1979, Hunt & Snelling 1975, Keller 1997, Keller & Reeve 1994, Mackay 1987, MacKay et al. 1988, Peck et al. 1998, Post & Jeanne 1981, 1982, Robinson 1992, Snyder 1992a, b, 1993, Thompson 1981, Wheeler & Wheeler 1978, 1987, 1988, Wheeler 1915, Yensen et al. 1977, Youngs 1985, Youngs & Campbell 1984)