Circadian and circannual patterns of activity and territory shifts: Comparing a native ant (Solenopsis geminata, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with its exotic, invasive congener (S. invicta) and its parasitoids (Pseudacteon spp., Diptera: Phoridae) at a Central Texas site

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-60

  Wuellner, C T ^a   Saunders, J B ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Circadian; Circannual phenology; Interspecific competition; Phorid parasitoids; Pseudacteon; Solenopsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOLOGY;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MONOMORIUM; MONOMORIUM MINIMUM; PHORIDAE; PSEUDACTEON; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0037220662     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0054:CACPOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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