The effects of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) and the native ant Prenolepis imparis on the structure of insect herbivore communities on willow trees (Salix lasiolepis)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 789-795

  Nygard, Julie P ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^b   Connor, Edward F ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Argentine ants; Feeding guilds; Herbivores; Invasive ants; Native ants; Salix; Willow

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WORKER CASTE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PRENOLEPIS IMPARIS; SALIX; SALIX LASIOLEPIS;

EID: 55349089622     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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