Flexibility in nest density and social structure in invasive populations of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 492-500

  Ingram, Krista K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological constraints; Introduced species; Multiple queens; Social insects; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0036937772     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1069-3     Document Type: Article

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