Behaviourally and genetically distinct populations of an invasive ant provide insight into invasion history and impacts on a tropical ant community

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-463

  Abbott, K L ^a   Greaves, S N J ^a   Ritchie, P A ^a   Lester, P J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anoplolepis gracilipes; Differential impacts; Haplotype; Intraspecific aggression; Invasion history; Invasive ants; Tokelau

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOASSAY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

NUKUNONU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TOKELAU;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 34248335373     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9052-2     Document Type: Article

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