Biodiversity of fungi in red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) mounds

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 487-491

  Zettler, Jennifer A ^a   McInnis Jr , Thomas M ^a   Allen, Craig R ^a   Spira, Timothy P ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphaenogaster; Fungi; Papulaspora; Seed dispersal; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FUNGUS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER; APHAENOGASTER TEXANA; APHAENOGASTER TEXANA CAROLINENSIS; CAROLINENSIS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; PAPULASPORA; PAPULASPORA BYSSINA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM JANTHINELLUM; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0036657904     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0487:BOFIRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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