Predation by an exotic lizard, Anolis sagrei, alters the ant community structure in betelnut palm plantations in southern Taiwan

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-576

  Huang, Shao Chang ^a   Norval, Gerrut ^b   Tso, I Min ^a,c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ants; Lizards; Norops sagrei; Pheidole fervens; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANOLIS SAGREI; FORMICIDAE; NOROPS SAGREI; PHEIDOLE FERVENS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51249122827     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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