Genetic and morphological variation over space and time in the invasive fire ant Solenopsis invicta

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 571-584

  Goodisman, Michael A D ^a   Sankovich, Karen A ^a   Kovacs, Jennifer L ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Genetic structure; Insect pest; Invasive ant; Microsatellites; Polygyny; Relatedness; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY STRUCTURE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLOIDY; POLYGYNY; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL INSECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 34250640723     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9059-8     Document Type: Article

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