The argentine ant persists through unfavorable winters via a mutualism facilitated by a native tree

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1019-1026

  Brightwell, Robert J ^a   Silverman, Jules ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ants; habitat modification; invasive species; microclimate; niche expansion

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FACILITATION; HONEYDEW; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; MUTUALISM; NICHE BREADTH; SOLAR POWER; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAT; LOBLOLLY PINE; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOT TEMPERATURE; NORTH CAROLINA; PINUS TAEDA; SEASONS; SUCROSE; SYMBIOSIS;

UNITED STATES;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 80054106801     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11038     Document Type: Article

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