Argentine ants strongly affect some but not all common insects on Baccharis halimifolia

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Altfeld, L ^a   Stiling, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant attendance; Baccharis halimifolia; Leaf miners; Linepithema humile; Myrmecophily

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; COLONY FOUNDING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; MUTUALISM; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AGROMYZIDAE; AMAUROMYZA MACULOSA; APHIDIDAE; BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII;

EID: 33750223396     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.31     Document Type: Article

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