Do imported fire ants impact canopy arthropods? Evidence from simple arboreal pitfall traps

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-122

  Kaspari, Michael ^a,b  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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SOLENOPSIS WAGNERI;

EID: 0033905679     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672451     Document Type: Article

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