Widespread association of the invasive ant Solenopsis invicta with an invasive mealybug

By K. Helms, B. Vinson. 2002

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Genetics, Insect Science

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In Genetics

1. Daniel Simberloff
2. Kirsten Lee Abbott
3. P. Green
4. D. O'dowd
5. P. Borges
6. Jorge M. Lobo
7. Lori Lach
8. A. Jiménez‐Valverde

In Insect Science

1. Kirsten Lee Abbott
2. P. Borges
3. C. Gaspar
4. D. O'dowd
5. Jorge M. Lobo
6. J. C. Franco
7. P. S. Lake
8. A. Zada

Citations in the corpus

• How common are invasion-induced ecosystem impacts? (2011, background): “With respect to the introduction of hemipterans and their interactions with the yellow crazy ant, other introduced ant-bug interactions are well known (see, e.g., Helms and Vinson 2002).”
• Supercolonies of the invasive yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on an oceanic island: Forager activity patterns, density and biomass (2005, background): “The utilisation of hemipteran honeydew has been implicated in the success of other invasive ant species ( Helms and Vinson, 2002, 2003 ) and the diversification and amplification of impacts caused by A. gracilipes on Christmas Island (O’Dowd et al., 2003).”
• Introduced invertebrates are important prey for a generalist predator (2005, background): “Many introduced species show biased distributions among habitats depending on proximity to human activity, fragmentation, past land use, and local biotic and abiotic conditions (Kalisz & Wood, 1995; Bolger et al ., 2000; Helms & Vinson, 2002; Holway et al ., 2002).”
• Invasibility and species richness of island endemic arthropods: a general model of endemic vs. exotic species (2006, background): “…species richness are mainly positively correlated with anthropogenic surrogate environmental variables (e.g. distance to man-made habitats, edge effects and roads; see Malcolm, 1994; Fagan et al., 1999; Bolger et al., 2000; Haskell, 2000; Helms & Vinson, 2002; Holway et al., 2002; or With, 2002).”
• Argentine ants displace floral arthropods in a biodiversity hotspot (2007, background): “The links among available resources, and invasive ant abundance and behaviour merit further investigation, especially as they may help us to explain or predict invasion spread and impact (Helms & Vinson, 2002).”
• Novel Approaches for the Management of Mealybug Pests (2009, background): “2007) ; in the presence of ants, mealybugs are able to ingest larger quantities of sap (Degen and Gersani 1989) ; and some ant species actively construct shelters for mealybugs which provide some protection from unfavorable environments and natural enemies (Franco et al. 2000 ; Helms and Vinson 2002”
• Invasional 'meltdown' on an oceanic island (2003, background): “This may be especially so for A. gracilipes and other invasive tramp ants which form close mutualistic relationships with honeydew-secreting Homoptera (Van der Goot 1916; Helms & Vinson 2002).”