Effect of an invasive and native ant on a field population of the black citrus aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1618-1625

  Powell, B E ^a   Brightwell, R J ^a   Silverman, J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant aphid interaction; Foraging; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANT; APHID; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLONY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NICHE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ANT; APHID; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION GROWTH; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APHIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION GROWTH; RAIN; SYMBIOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; CITRUS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; TAPINOMA SESSILE; TOXOPTERA AURANTII;

EID: 71749096823     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0614     Document Type: Article

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