Predaceous ants, beach replenishment, and nest placement by sea turtles

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1084-1091

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Wood, Lawrence D ^b   Johnson, Chris ^b   Krahe, Holly ^a   Fitchett, Stephanie ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Loggerhead Marinelife Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Florida; Red imported fire ant; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEACH; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TURTLE; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; NESTING; PREDATION; SWIMMING; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BATHING BEACHES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLORIDA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TURTLES;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; FORMICIDAE; REPTILIA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TESTUDINES; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 35648985197     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1084:PABRAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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