Linking temporal and spatial scales in the study of an Argentine ant invasion

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-507

  Heller, Nicole E ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^b   Gordon, Deborah M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony; Invasion edge; Invasive species; Linepithema humile; Long term; Nest; Spread; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 32544447877     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-6411-3     Document Type: Article

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