Observations on the high diversity of native ant species coexisting with imported fire ants at a microspatial scale in Mississippi

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 573-586

  MacGown, Joe A ^a   Brown, Richard L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; POLYERGUS LUCIDUS LONGICORNIS; QUERCUS PAGODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 33846842313     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[573:OOTHDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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