Invasive Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) do not replace native ants as seed dispersers of Dendromecon rigida (Papaveraceae) in California, USA

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 576-582

  Carney, Shanna E ^a   Brooke Byerley, M ^a   Holway, David A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biological invasion; Dendromecon rigida; Harvester ant; Linepithema humile; Myrmecochory

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; ZOOCHORY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); DENDROMECON; DENDROMECON RIGIDA; DORYMYRMEX; DORYMYRMEX INSANUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PAPAVER; PAPAVERACEAE; POGONOMYRMEX; POGONOMYRMEX SUBNITIDUS;

EID: 0037905659     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1200-0     Document Type: Article

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