Abiotic factors control invasion by Argentine ants at the community scale

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 368-376

  Menke, Sean B ^a   Holway, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ants; Biological invasion; Physical conditions; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SOIL MOISTURE; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 33645385149     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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