Biology and impacts of Pacific Island invasive species 3. The African big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 437-456

  Wetterer, James K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 34548030680     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[437:BAIOPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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