Biogeographic effects of red fire ant invasion

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 257-261

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a   Arnett, Amy E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Biodiversity; Invasion species; Latitudinal gradient; Null model; Red fire ant; Species co occurrence; Species density; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT;

UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0033902396     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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