Comparisons of foraging activities and competitive interactions between the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and two native ants under high soil-surface temperatures

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1165-1175

  Zheng, Jihuan ^a   Mao, Runqian ^a,b   Zhang, Runjie ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Foraging activity; Monomorium chinensis; Soil surface temperature; Solenopsis invicta; Tapinoma melanocephalum

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MONOMORIUM; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TAPINOMA MELANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 35948941510     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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