Pine direct seeding not imperiled by Florida harvester ants

Thomas E. Campbell

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Pine direct seeding not imperiled by Florida harvester ants

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas E. Campbell

Year:

1970

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Southern Research Station

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Abstract

Florida harvester ants foraged mostly empty seeds and spent seedcoats from germinated seedlings on areas sown to slash pine in Mississippi. Pine stocking was not improved significantly by eradicating ants before sowing.

Citation

Campbell, Thomas E. 1970. Pine direct seeding not imperiled by Florida harvester ants. New Orleans, Louisiana: USDA Forest Service Southern Forest Experiment Station. 1-3.