Plant resources and colony growth in an invasive ant: The importance of honeydew-producing hemiptera in carbohydrate transfer across trophic levels

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 487-493

  Helms, Ken R ^a   Vinson, S Bradleigh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antonina graminis; Cynodon dactylon; Honeydew; Invasive species; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HONEYDEW; HOST PLANT; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; PLANTS; POPULATION GROWTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTONINA GRAMINIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; CYNODON DACTYLON; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 43649099193     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[487:PRACGI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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