Impact of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile on the native ants of Santa Cruz Island, California

Sociobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3 B, 2001, Pages 709-721

  Wetterer, James K ^a,b   Wetterer, Andrea L ^a,c   Hebard, Emily ^d,e  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; California; Channel islands; Exotics; Invasive; Linepithema; Species; Tramp ants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637867     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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