Red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at gopher tortoise (Testudines: Testudinidae) burrows

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-354

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Moore, Jon A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Exotic species; Florida; Gopherus; Greenway; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; REPTILE;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS; HYMENOPTERA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 31844444256     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)88[349:RIFAHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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