The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in early-successional coastal plain forests: tests of distribution and interaction strength
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is an abundant and aggressive component of early-successional communities in the southeastern United States. After disturbance, it rapidly invades new habitats, and once there, it has strong competitive and predatory effects on the existing arthropod c...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46488 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-41498-112917/ |