Ecological studies on cardiocondyla ectopia snelling (hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern california

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Gulmahamad, Hanif ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiocondyla ectopia; Coexistence; Food sources; Foraging; Formicidae; Insecta; Linepithema humile; Lobularia maritima; Nest population; Nest sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031524346     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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