Invasion of four Argentine ant supercolonies into Kobe Port, Japan: Their distributions and effects on indigenous ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 659-674

  Sunamura, Eiriki ^a   Nishisue, Koji ^a   Terayama, Mamoru ^a   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biological invasion; Competition; Contact zone; Linepithema humile; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 34447273168     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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