Long-term impact of exotic ants on the native ants of Madeira

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-368

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Espadaler, Xavier ^b   Wetterer, Andrea L ^c   Aguin Pombo, Dora ^d   Franquinho Aguiar, Antonio M ^e  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^e Laboratório Agr'Cola da Madeira   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Big headed ant; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Exotic species; Formicidae; Lasius grandis; Linepithema humile; Madeira; Pheidole megacephala

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LASIUS GRANDIS; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 33746267137     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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