Laboratory observations of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation on reptilian and avian eggs

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-296

  Diffie, Stan ^a   Miller, Jeannie ^b   Murray, Kelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Sea Turtle Center   (United States)

^c Young Scholars Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APALONE FEROX; AVES; CARETTA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA PICTA; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; ELAPHE OBSOLETA QUADRIVITTATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MALACLEMYS; PHASIANIDAE; PYTHONIDAE; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952578240     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/08-282.1     Document Type: Article

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