Are invasive fire ants kept in check by native aerial insectivores?

Aerial predator–prey interactions may impact populations of many terrestrial species. Here, we use altitude loggers to study aerial foraging in a native insectivore, the purple martin (Progne subis), in the southern USA. Purple martins fed primarily on mating queens and males of the invasive red imp...

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Published in:Biol Lett
Main Authors: Helms, Jackson A., Godfrey, Aaron P., Ames, Tayna, Bridge, Eli S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2016
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Community Ecology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892241/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27194285
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0059
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