The natural history of the arboreal ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal ants; Buprestidae; Cerambicidae; Colony founding; Colony longevity; Cossidae; Formicidae; Givira francesca (Dyar); Longleaf pine; Nest chambers; Pinus elliotti; Pinus palustris; Red cockaded woodpecker; Seasonality; Slash pine; Woodboring beetles

Indexed keywords

BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COSSIDAE; CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ELLIOTTII; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 2942668291     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/2.1.12     Document Type: Article

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