Effect of Argentine ant invasions on ground-dwelling arthropods in northern California riparian woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 252-258

  Holway, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ants; Biological invasion; California; Pitfall traps; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST;

UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0031709438     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050586     Document Type: Article

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