The effect of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), on flower-visiting insects of Protes nitida Mill. (Proteaceae)

African Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-287

  Visser, D ^a   Wright, M G ^a   Giliomee, J H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0030445484     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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