@article {3767,
	title = {Introduced invertebrates are important prey for a generalist predator},
	journal = {Diversity and Distributions},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 10; from Fire Ant Literature Database; from-DPW, },
	pages = {83-90},
	abstract = {*[We analysed the diets of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus , from 3 upland \& three lowland forests to determine whether introduced prey are important contributors to geographical or temporal variation in salamander food resources.  We found several introduced species were volumetrically important salamander prey, \& were responsible for resource differences between forest types \& much of the seasonal fluctuation in food resources in both forest types.  We found one introduced ant species, Lasius alienus, among 7 native ant species.  Lasius alienus was the fourth most frequent \& volumetrically important ant in salamander diets, occurring in 13\% of samples with ants \& accounting for an average of 10\% of ant volume.  Lasius alienus was significantly more common than its native congener, L. nearctus , which occurred in only 2\% of diet samples with ants.]},
	author = {Maerz, J.C. and Karuzas, J.M. and Madison, D.M. and Blossey, B.}
}
