Ecological dominance of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in its native range

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 411-421

  Calcaterra, Luis A ^a   Livore, Juan P ^b   Delgado, Alicia ^c   Briano, Juan A ^a  

^a USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c The Conservation Land Trust Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ant assemblages; Biological invasion; Competitive mechanisms; Dominance hierarchies; Phorid flies

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAMPONOTUS BLANDUS; CREMATOGASTER QUADRIFORMIS; FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PHEIDOLE OBSCURITHORAX; PHORIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 43049108347     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0997-y     Document Type: Article

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