Invasive fire ants depredate nest of Florida Scrub-Jay.(SHORT COMMUNICATIONS)(Report): An article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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This digital document is an article from The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, published by Wilson Ornithological Society on December 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1320 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the author: We observed depredation of a Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) nest of 4-day-old nestlings in April 2008 by the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). This exotic species is known to depredate nests of other avian species, but we believe this is the first account of this species of fire ant preying upon young of the Florida Scrub-Jay. This observation is particularly important, as it entails an introduced species directly reducing reproductive success of a federally threatened species.Citation DetailsTitle: Invasive fire ants depredate nest of Florida Scrub-Jay.(SHORT COMMUNICATIONS)(Report)Author: Travis E. WilcoxenPublication: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Magazine/Journal)Date: December 1, 2009Publisher: Wilson Ornithological SocietyVolume: 121 Issue: 4 Page: 846(2)Article Type: ReportDistributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning