Associations of fire ant phorids and microhabitats

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-742

  Folgarait, Patricia J ^a   Patrock, Richard J W ^a,b   Gilbert, Lawrence E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host location; Light treatments; Parasitoids; Sex ratios

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST LOCATION; MICROHABITAT; PARASITOID; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEATHER;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 34548169061     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[731:AOFAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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