Foraging activity and dietary spectrum of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in invaded natural areas of the northeast Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1166-1173

  Abril, S ^a   Oliveras, J ^a   Gomez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Dietary spectrum; Foraging activity; Linepithema humile; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; OAK; SEASON; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; QUERCUS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

APHIDIDAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 35648946386     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1166:FAADSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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