Population genetic structure of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in Taiwan

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-65

  Yang, C C ^a   Shoemaker, D DeWayne ^b   Wu, W J ^a   Shih, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Fire ants; Invasive species; Population structure; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS;

ASIA; CHIAYI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; TAOYUAN;

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 39749114971     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0969-y     Document Type: Article

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