Exotic thistles increase native ant abundance through the maintenance of enhanced aphid populations

Ecological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 827-834

  Lescano, María Natalia ^a   Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ants; Aphids; Exotic species; Facilitative interactions; Thistles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FACILITATION; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STEPPE;

PATAGONIA;

APHIDIDAE; CARDUUS; CARDUUS THOERMERI; CIRSIUM; FORMICIDAE; ONOPORDUM; ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM;

EID: 79960158181     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-011-0842-3     Document Type: Article

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