The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in the Iberian Peninsula

Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 187-192

  Espadaler, Xavier ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant; Invasive; Linepithema; Map; Portugal; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0038407342     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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