Red Imported Fire Ant Impacts on Wildlife: A Decade of Research

By Craig R. Allen, D. Epperson, Ahjond S. Garmestani. 2004

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Exotic spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) beyond North America (2013, background): “Solenopsis invicta poses a threat to wildlife (Allen et al. 2004).”
Economic costs of invasive alien ants worldwide (2021, background): “…include the displacement of the native ant communities, which scale up to higher trophic levels and affect native vertebrates such as birds, reptiles and amphibians (Allen et al. 2004; Guénard and Dunn 2010; Lach and Hooper-Bui 2010; Alvarez-Blanco et al. 2020, 2021; Bousseyroux et al 2019).”
Hit and Run: Effects of Scavenging on Estimates of Roadkilled Vertebrates (2005, background): “…on deterring other scavenging species from consuming chick carcasses is unknown, although most specimens remaining at the end of each trial were completely covered in ants, which may deter scavenging by other species (e.g., Allen et al. 2001, 2004; Orrock and Danielson 2004 and references therein).”