Predation of the endangered California Least Tern, Sterna antillarum browni by the southern fire ant, Solenopsis xyloni (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 401-418

  Hooper Bui L M ^a,b   Rust, M K ^a   Reierson, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ant; Foraging; Ground nesting; Least Tern; Predation

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; FORMICIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI; STERNA; STERNA ANTILLARUM; STERNA ANTILLARUM BROWNI;

EID: 2042528493     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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