Fire Ant Lizard Map (IMAGE)

Penn State

Fire Ant Lizard Map

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Invasive fire ants arrived in Alabama in the 1930s and have spread across the southeastern United States. A team of researchers from Penn State determined that the presence of fire ants has reversed graphical trends in behavioral and physical traits of eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus).

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Langkilde Lab, Penn State

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