Sublethal effects of invasive fire ant venom on a native lizard

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313, Issue 1 A, 2010, Pages 17-23

  Boronow, Katherine E ^a,b   Langkilde, Tracy ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; INSECT BITE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASTICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; ARKANSAS; BITE FORCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE;

HEXAPODA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72649096987     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.570     Document Type: Article

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