Impacts of Argentine ants on avian nesting success

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 378-382

  Suarez, A V ^a   Yeh, P ^b   Case, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant invasions; Argentine ants; Linepithema humile; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; JUNCO HYEMALIS; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PHASIANIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 28544445687     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0824-y     Document Type: Article

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