Immediate effects of fire on the invasive argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-250

  Sanders, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 2942700396     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0246:IEOFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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