Effects of aphids on foliar foraging by Argentine ants and the resulting effects on other arthropods

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Grover, Crystal D ^a   Dayton, Kathleen C ^a   Menke, Sean B ^a   Holway, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Honeydew; Invasion; Lacewing; Linepithema humile; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERB; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MUTUALISM;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOPERLA RUFILABRIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; NEUROPTERA; SOLANUM NIGRUM;

EID: 38349130496     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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