Do exaptations facilitate mutualistic associations between invasive and native species?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-628

  Mondor, Edward B ^a,b   Addicott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Alarm signal; Argentine ant; Chaitophorus populicola; Colonization; Exaptation; Invasive species; Linepithema humile; Pheromone; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ALARM SIGNAL; ANT; APHID; COLONIZATION; HONEYDEW; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; PHEROMONE; PREDATION RISK;

APHIDIDAE; CHAITOPHORUS POPULICOLA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 34547830217     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9062-0     Document Type: Article

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