Distribution of hybrid imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and some native ant species in relation to local environmental conditions and interspecific competition in Mississippi forests

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Menzel, T O ^a   Nebeker, T E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Forest landscapes; Imported fire ants; Null models

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHAENOGASTER; CAROLINENSIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MONOMORIUM MINIMUM; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 39049103355     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[119:DOHIFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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