Soil fertility and plant growth in soils from pine forests and plantations: Effect of invasive red imported fire ants Solenopsis invicta (Buren)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 415-423

  Lafleur, Benoit ^a   Hooper Bùi, Linda M ^a   Mumma, E Paul ^a   Geaghan, James P ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Longleaf pine forests; Longleaf pine plantations; Plant growth; Soil nutrients; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL STRUCTURE;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; GARDENIA; GARDENIA JAPONICUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 24344500160     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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