The recent introduction of the neotropical tramp ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into Vanuatu archipelago (Southwest Pacific)

Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 483-509

  Jourdan, Herve ^a   De Larbogne, Lydia Bonnet ^a   Chazeau, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Ant fauna; Biological invasion; Control measures; Distribution; Exotic ant; Homoptera; Island; Mutualism; South West Pacific; Tramp species; Vanuatu; Wasmannia auropunctata

Indexed keywords

WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 0036409088     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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