Patterns of ant activity on opuntia stricta (Cactaceae), a native host-plant of the invasive cactus moth, cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 391-393

  Robbins, Meredith ^a   Miller, Tom E X ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANT; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; MOTH; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA STRICTA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 67651120076     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0231     Document Type: Article

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