Food preference and patterns of foraging activity of the southern fire ant (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 246-253

  Hooper, Linda M ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging; Particle size; Solenopsis xyloni

Indexed keywords

ANCHOA; ENGRAULIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FOOD PREFERENCE; SOUTHERN FIRE ANT;

EID: 0031431593     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.2.246     Document Type: Article

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