Role of abiotic factors in governing susceptibility to invasion: A test with argentine ants

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1610-1619

  Holway, David A ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^a,b   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biological invasions; Competitive exclusion; Condition specific competition; Habitat fragmentation; Interspecific competition; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIBILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ARGENTINA (FISH); DORYMYRMEX; DORYMYRMEX INSANUS; FORELIUS MCCOOKI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0012292736     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1610:ROAFIG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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