Open AccessEvidence for a Negative Effect of Double-crested Cormorants (<i>Phalacrocorax auritus</i>) on Invasive European Fire Ants (<i>Myrmica rubra</i>)
Author(s) -
Aditi Gupta,
Kristi Rudmik,
Gail S. Fraser
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian field-naturalist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 0008-3550
DOI - 10.22621/cfn.v131i4.1845
Subject(s) - nest (protein structural motif) , ecology , biology , geography , zoology , biochemistry
Nesting of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in western Lake Ontario is associated with reduced abundance and nest density of European Fire Ants (Myrmica rubra). The impact on fire ants may be substrate related. It is of potential importance because of the negative effect of fire ants on ground-nesting water birds.