Facultative ant-plant interactions: nectar sugar preferences of introduced pest ant species in south Florida

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Koptur, Suzanne ^a,b   Truong, Ni ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; NECTAR;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 20644454640     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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