Ant diversity and distribution in Acadia National Park, Maine

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1447-1456

  Ouellette, Gary D ^a   Drummond, Francis A ^b   Choate, Beth ^b   Groden, Eleanor ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Formicidae; Myrmica rubra; species; survey

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAINE;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOPONE PALLIPES; AMBLYOPONINAE; CAMPONOTUS HERCULEANUS; DOLICHODERINAE; DOLICHODERUS MARIAE; FORMICA ARGENTEA; FORMICA ASERVA; FORMICA SUBSERICEA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; LASIUS ALIENUS; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUBRA; MYRMICINAE; PONERINAE; TAPINOMA SESSILE;

EID: 77957802335     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09306     Document Type: Article

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