Homopterans and an invasive red ant, Myrmica rubra (L.), in Maine

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-71

  McPhee, Katherine ^a   Garnas, Jeffrey ^b   Drummond, Frank ^a   Groden, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aphid; Homoptera; invasive ant; myrmecophily; Myrmica rubra

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; APHID; BEETLE; FIELD METHOD; HOST PLANT; INFECTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANT; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APHIDS; BEETLES; FOOD CHAIN; HEMIPTERA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SYMBIOSIS;

UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; CHRYSOPIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; MYRMICA RUBRA; PROCIPHILUS TESSELLATUS; SPIRAEA ALBA;

EID: 84856869820     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11046     Document Type: Article

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