Red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) increase the abundance of aphids in tomato

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-425

  Coppler, Laura B ^a,b   Murphy, John F ^a   Eubanks, Micky D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant aphid mutualism; Biological control; Intraguild predation; Lycopersicon esculentum; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANT; APHID; CROP DAMAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; FRUIT; HERBIVORE; HONEYDEW; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MUTUALISM; SAMPLING; VIRUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 34948863788     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[419:RIFAHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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