Effects of Red Imported Fire Ants on Recruitment of White-Tailed Deer Fawns

Intraguild Predation of Beneficial Arthropods by Red Imported Fire Ants in Cotton

“…As well as being a direct health threat to humans and a nuisance pest of landscapes, these ants have pervasive ecological effects because of their voracious predatory habits and their ability to out-compete other surfacedwelling arthropods. They have been implicated in the decline of native invertebrates (Porter and Savignano 1990) and vertebrates (Allen et al 1997) and may affect the survival and dispersal of native plants (Ready and Vinson 1995).…”

The potential suitability of Jiangsu Province, east China for the invasive red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

“…Some of them have wide ranging deleterious impacts on the native fauna of invaded regions (Holway et al 2002;Williams 1994;Human and Gordon 1997;Vanderwoude et al 2000). They not only create ecological catastrophes but also cause great economic loss because of their aggressive nature and damage to crops (Shatters and Vander Meer 2000), cattle (Jetter et al 2002), wildlife (Allen et al 1997;Vinson 1997), species diversity (Mann 1994;Gotelli and Arnett 2000) and people (Caldwell et al 1999;deShazo et al 1999;Schuman et al 2001).…”

Influence of the proximity and amount of human development and roads on the occurrence of the red imported fire ant in the lower Florida Keys

“…The larval and pupal stages of invertebrates are at risk because of their inability to escape from fire ant attacks. Vertebrate species that have been predated on by red imported fire ants include gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus, Landers et al, 1980), loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta, Moulis, 1997), eastern cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus, Hill, 1970), small mammals (Smith et al, 1990;Killion and Grant, 1993), and whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus, Allen et al, 1997). In addition, Solenopsis invicta, outcompetes native ants and reduces diversity in many insect communities (Porter and Savignano, 1990).…”