Parasitoids deter foraging by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in their native habitat in Brazil

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 420-425

  Orr, Matthew R ^a   Seike, Sergio H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Foraging; Linepithema humile; Parasitism; Pseudacteon; South America

Indexed keywords

ANT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

BRAZIL;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PSEUDACTEON;

EID: 0032409490     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050676     Document Type: Article

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