Detrimental effects of two widespread invasive ant species on weight and survival of colonial nesting seabirds in the Hawaiian Islands

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-298

  Plentovich, Sheldon ^a   Hebshi, Aaron ^a   Conant, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant eradication; Invasive ants; Pheidole megacephala; Seabird breeding biology; Solenopsis geminata; Wedge tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; INJURY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 58349093963     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9233-2     Document Type: Article

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