Intercolony aggression within and among local populations of the invasive ant, Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in coastal Maine

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Garnas, Jeffrey R ^a   Drummond, Francis A ^b   Groden, Eleanor ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercolony aggression; Invasive ants; Myrmica rubra; Social organization; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; COLONIAL ORGANISM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEST SITE; POLYGYNY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MAINE; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

MAINE; MOUNT DESERT ISLAND; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 34047108544     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[105:IAWAAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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