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Cotton Rats Alter Foraging in Response to an Invasive Ant

We assessed the effects of red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta; hereafter fire ant) on the foraging of hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus). We used a manipulative experiment, placing resource patches with a known amount of millet seed within areas with reduced (RIFA [–]) or ambient (RIFA [...

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Autores principales: Darracq, Andrea K., Conner, L. Mike, Brown, Joel S., McCleery, Robert A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163220