Exploitative strategies of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) and native ant species in a southern Spanish pine forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1100-1111

  Carpintero, S ^a   Retana, J ^b   Cerda X ^c   Reyes Lopez J ^d   Arias De Reyna, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ants; Do ana Park; Exotic species; Foraging ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EXPLOITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; PINE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; HEMIPTERA; PINUS; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CATAGLYPHIS FLORICOLA; FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 35648983001     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1100:ESOTIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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