Estimation of the number of founders of an invasive pest insect population: The fire ant Solenopsis invicta in the USA

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1648, 2008, Pages 2231-2240

  Ross, Kenneth G ^a   Shoemaker, D DeWayne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Colonization; Founder number; Invasive species; Population bottleneck; Propagule size

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; PROPAGULE; QUEEN; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LOAD; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PEST INSECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 49749113991     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0412     Document Type: Article

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