Long-legged ants, Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), have invaded Tokelau, changing composition and dynamics of ant and invertebrate communities

Pacific Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-401

  Lester, Philip J ^a   Tavite, Alapati ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Tokelau Department of Health   (Tokelau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TOKELAU;

ANOPLOLEPIS; ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; APHIDIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PARATRECHINA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 4644298547     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2004.0031     Document Type: Article

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