Effects of fragmentation and invasion on native ant communities in coastal southern California

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2041-2056

  Suarez, Andrew V ^a   Bolger, Douglas T ^b   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Argentine ant; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Conservation; Edge effects; Extinction; Formicidae; Habitat fragmentation; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATIVE SPECIES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MESSOR; NEIVAMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX;

EID: 0031717124     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2041:EOFAIO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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