The causes and consequences of ant invasions

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 181-233

  Holway, David A ^a   Lach, Lori ^b   Suarez, Andrew V ^c   Tsutsui, Neil D ^d   Case, Ted J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Biological invasion; Indirect effects; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036922507     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150444     Document Type: Review

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