Impacts of Argentine ants on mealybugs and their natural enemies in California's coastal vineyards

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-596

  Daane, Kent M ^a   Sime, Karen R ^a   Fallon, Julie ^b   Cooper, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant homopteran mutualism; Biological control; Invasive species; Leptomastix epona; Linepithema humile; Pseudaphycus flavidulus; Pseudococcus maritimus; Pseudococcus viburni; Spatial refuge

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MUTUALISM; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; POPULATION DENSITY; VINEYARD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COCCINELLIDAE; CRYPTOLAEMUS MONTROUZIERI; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; ENCYRTIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTOMASTIX EPONA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PSEUDAPHYCUS FLAVIDULUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS MARITIMUS; PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI; VITACEAE;

EID: 36448957981     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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