Condition-specific competition between invasive Argentine ants and Australian Iridomyrmex

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 532-542

  Thomas, Melissa L ^a,b   Holway, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Dolichoderinae; Invasion; Iridomyrmex; Linepithema

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ARGENTINA (FISH); FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX; IRIDOMYRMEX BICKNELLI; IRIDOMYRMEX RUFONIGER SUCHIERI; LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 20044391222     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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