Northern bobwhite chick mortality caused by red imported fire ants

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1291-1298

  Mueller, James M ^a   Dabbert, C Brad ^a   Demarais, Stephen ^a,b   Forbes, Andrew R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Envenomation; Exotic insect; Exotic species; Fire ant; Northern bobwhite; Reproduction; Solenopsis invicta; Survival; Texas

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; FORMICIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032756977     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802847     Document Type: Article

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