Predicted range expansion of the invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the eastern United States based on the VEMAP global warming scenario

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-204

  Morrison, Lloyd W ^a,c   Korzukhin, Michael D ^b   Porter, Sanford D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b Institute of Global Climate and Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Climate change; Formicidae; Global warming; Solenopsis invicta; VEMAP

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; RANGE EXPANSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 18444374735     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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