Unfortunate encounters? Novel interactions of native Mecyclothorax, alien Trechus obtusus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), and Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) across a Hawaiian landscape

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-73

  Liebherr, James K ^a   Krushelnycky, Paul D ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adventive species; Afforestation; Area of endemism; Brachyptery; Invasion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

HALEAKALA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MECYCLOTHORAX; TRECHUS OBTUSUS;

EID: 33947279381     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9019-8     Document Type: Article

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