Phylogeography of Asian weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-136

  Azuma, N ^a   Ogata, K ^b   Kikuchi, T ^c   Higashi, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Oecophylla; Phylogeography; Weaver ant

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHROME; HALOPHYTE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BENGAL; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; HALMAHERA; INDIA; INDOCHINA; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LOMBOK; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAY PENINSULA; MOLUCCAS; NEW GUINEA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES;

OECOPHYLLA LONGINODA; OECOPHYLLA SMARAGDINA; OECOPHYLLINI;

EID: 33746429535     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0101-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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