Reduced densities of the invasive wasp, Vespula vulgaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), did not alter the invertebrate community composition of nothofagus forests in New Zealand

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-230

  Duthie, Catherine ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ant; invasive species; invertebrate; native insect; Prolasius advenus

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENTOMOLOGY; HONEYDEW; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DENSITY; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; SEASONS; WASPS;

NEW ZEALAND;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NOTHOFAGUS; PROLASIUS ADVENUS; VESPIDAE; VESPULA VULGARIS;

EID: 84875841971     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12256     Document Type: Article

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