The raiding success of Pheidole megacephala on other ants in both its native and introduced ranges

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 331, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-635

  Dejean, Alain ^a   Moreau, Corrie S ^b   Kenne, Martin ^c   Leponce, Maurice ^d  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Invasive ants; Predation; Raiding other ants; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

ANT; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECT SOCIETY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEXICO; NEST PREDATION; NEST SUCCESS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WORKER (INSECT);

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTS; CAMEROON; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MEXICO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

DOLICHODERUS BISPINOSUS; DORYMYRMEX PYRAMICUS; FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 46349093070     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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