Ecology and Management of the European Fire Ant, Myrmica rubra in Acadia National Park: Progress Report
Groden E, Drummond F, Graham C, McPhee K, Gammons N, Loftin C, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine, Department of Wildlife Ecology. 2007. Ecology and Management of the European Fire Ant, Myrmica rubra in Acadia National Park: Progress Report. National Park Service
A description of the European fire ant. Summarizes the 2006 project objectives: Evaluate feeding preferences and the movement of food through colonies; evaluate the potential for increased attraction and specificity of bait stations with treatments with M. rubra alarm pheromone; examine the association between M. rubra and native aphid species feeding on plants including determining the species associated with M. rubra invaded habitats and the advantage to the aphids tended by M. rubra; determine the impact of invasive European fire ant has on nesting sites for salamanders and foraging densities of small mammals in Acadia National Park. /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Jordan Pond/Otter Creek/Blackwoods Campground/Duck Brook/Seal Cove/ /SCHOODIC PENINSULA/Schooner Head/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Groden, Eleanor; Drummond, Frank; Graham, Carrie; McPhee, Katherine; Gammons, Nicola; Loftin, Cyndy; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maine; Department of Wildlife Ecology
- Date of Issue
- 2007-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Abundance, Biological Controls, Distribution, Exotic, Exotic Species, Invasive Species, Invertebrates, Mount Desert Island, Population Control, Terrestrial