The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 9:00 AM
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Herbivore exclusion by aphid-tending ants: a comparison of the effects of invasive versus native ants on insects of Baccharis halimifolia

Laura F. Altfeld, laura@altfeld.com and Peter Stiling, pstiling@chuma1.cas.usf.edu. USF, Biology, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL

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Species 1: Hymenoptera Formicidae Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
Species 2: Hemiptera Aphididae Aphis coreopsidis
Species 3: Hymenoptera Formicidae Camponotus floridanus (Florida carpenter ant)
Keywords: myrmecophily, invasive species