Reduction of the ant mandible gap range after biotic homogenization caused by an ant invasion (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 829-838

  Oliveras, Jordi ^a   Bas, Josep M ^b   Gómez, Crisanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biotic invasion; Functional inability; Mandible gap; Resource searching

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 18944375441     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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