Invasive species: Customs intercepts reveal what makes a good ant stowaway

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mikheyev, A S ^a   Mueller, U G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COMMERCE; ECOLOGY;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 32944468434     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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