Positive association between densities of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and generalized ant and arthropod diversity

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 548-554

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod diversity; Invasive species; Partial correlation; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0038235024     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.548     Document Type: Article

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