Scottish wood ant  (Formica aquilonia)

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References

  1. NBN Species Dictionary. (Feb 2003). Available on-line from: http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/
  2. US Department of Agriculture (November 2003): www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/formica.htm
  3. Trees For Life - Caledonian Forest Information Centre. Woodants (November 2003): www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.woodants.html
  4. UK BAP Species Action Plan for Formica aquilonia. (November 2003): www.ukbap.org.uk
  5. IUCN Red List (November 2003): www.redlist.org
  6. Skinner, G. (1998) British wood-ants. British Wildlife, 10 (1): 1-8.
  7. Brian, M.V. (1977) Ants (New Naturalist). Collins, London.
  8. Höldobler, B. and Wilson, EO. (1990) The Ants. Springer, New York.
  9. Laakso, J. & Setälä, H. (1997) Nest mounds of red wood ants (Formica aquilonia): hot spots for litter-dwelling earthworms. Oecologia111: 565-569.
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