Colony-structure variation and interspecific competitive ability in the invasive Argentine ant

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-222

  Holway, David A ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^b  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biological invasion; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); FORELIUS MCCOOKI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0842330703     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1414-1     Document Type: Article

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