An interesting case of ant-created enemy-free space for Magnolia scale (Hemiptera: Coccidae)

Sarah J. Vanek, Daniel A. Potter

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3 Scopus citations
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)389-395
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Insect Behavior
Volume23
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments We thank Cody Elder and Vincent Jacquier for field and laboratory assistance, G. F. G. Miranda (University of Guelph) for confirming identification of O. costatus, and Julie Peterson and Rachael Mallis for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Partial support was provided by the University of Kentucky Nursery and Landscape Endowment Fund. This is paper 10-08-008 of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.

Keywords

  • Carton shelters
  • Coccidae
  • Formicidae
  • Mutualism
  • Neolecanium cornuparvum
  • Syrphidae

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science

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