A disjunct Argentine ant metacolony in Macaronesia and southwestern Europe

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1123-1129

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Wetterer, Andrea L ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Azores; Biological invasion; Founder effect; Invasive ants; Linepithema humile; Madeira; Metacolony; Nestmate recognition; Supercolony; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; COLONY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 33746254438     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-005-8641-9     Document Type: Article

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