Niche differentiation and fine-scale projections for Argentine ants based on remotely sensed data

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1832-1841

  Roura Pascual, Núria ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^b   McNyset, Kristina ^c   Gómez, Crisanto ^a   Pons, Pere ^a   Touyama, Yoshifumi ^d   Wild, Alexander L ^e   Gascon, Ferran ^f   Peterson, A Townsend ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Electrical Engineering Department   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Ecological differentiation; Ecological niche; Genetic Algorithm for Rule set Prediction (GARP); Iberian Peninsula; Invasive spread; Japan; Linepithema humile; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); North America

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE PARTITIONING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; JAPAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 33749545180     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1832:NDAFPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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