Red imported fire ant impacts on upland arthropods in Southern Mississippi

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Epperson, D M ^a   Allen, C R ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIOMASS; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 72849116782     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.1.54     Document Type: Article

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