@article {33428,
	title = {Colony-level impacts of parasitoid flies on fire ants},
	journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences},
	volume = {269},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 03; from Fire Ant Literature Database; from-DPW, verified-DPW.},
	month = {August 22, 2002},
	pages = {1695-1699},
	abstract = {*[In the laboratory, we show that an average phorid density of as little as one attacking fly per 200 foraging ants decreased colony protein consumption nearly 2-fold \& significantly reduced numbers of large-sized workers 50 days later.   The high impact of a single phorid occurred mainly because ants decreased foraging rates in the presence of the flies.   Our experiments, the first to link indirect \& direct effects of phorids on fire ants, demonstrate that colonies can be stressed with surprisingly low parasitoid densities.]},
	author = {Mehdiabadi, N.J. and Gilbert, L.E.}
}
