Combined modelling of distribution and niche in invasion biology: A case study of two invasive Tetramorium ant species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-545

  Steiner, Florian M ^a,b   Schlick Steiner, Birgit C ^a,b   Vanderwal, Jeremy ^a   Reuther, Keefe D ^c   Christian, Erhard ^b   Stauffer, Christian ^b   Suarez, Andrew V ^d   Williams, Stephen E ^a   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Distribution modelling; Ecological niche modelling; Invasion history; Niche shift; Spread of invasion

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM; TETRAMORIUM TSUSHIMAE;

EID: 42149189545     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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