Potential threat caused by red imported fire ants to some species in China.
Author of the article:LIN Fu-Rong1,2, CHENG Deng-Fa1, QIAO Hong-Bo1,2,CHEN Lin1,2
Author's Workplace:1. Institute of Plant Protection, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Scienc
es,Beijing100094; 2. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, Beijing100081
Key Words:red imported fire ants; potential influence
Abstract:This article reviews a lot of studies on red imported fire ants (RIFA) impacting
the native wildlife. The results show that there are 3 main mechanisms which RI
FA impact the native wildlife, such as (a) RIFA attack and predate the hatchl
ings of eggla