Effects of red imported fire ants on recruitment of white-tailed deer fawns

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 911-916

  Allen, Craig R ^a,b   Demarais, Stephen ^a   Lutz, R Scott ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic insect; Exotic species; Fawn recruitment; Invasive species; Odocoileus virginianus; Red imported fire ants; RIFA; Solenopsis invicta; Texas Coastal Prairie; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030768542     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802200     Document Type: Article

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