Red imported fire ants can decrease songbird nest survival

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-537

  Campomizzi, Andrew J ^a   Morrison, Michael L ^a   Farrell, Shannon L ^a   Wilkins, R Neal ^a   Drees, Bastian M ^a   Packard, Jane M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped Vireo; Invasive species; Nest predator; Nest success; Solenopsis invicta; Texas; Vireo atricapilla; Vireo griseus; White eyed Vireo

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; PASSERI; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; VIREO; VIREO ATRICAPILLUS; VIREO GRISEUS;

EID: 70349558850     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090066     Document Type: Article

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