Effect of red imported fire ant envenomization on neonatal American alligators

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 318-321

  Allen, Craig R ^a   Rice, Kenneth G ^a   Wojcik, Daniel P ^b   Percival, H Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0030920855     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565408     Document Type: Article

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