Genetic relationships among populations of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile introduced into Japan

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 883-888

  Hirata, Masanori ^a   Hasegawa, Osamu ^a   Toita, Takahiro ^a   Higashi, Seigo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Invasive ant; Linepithema humile; Microsatellite DNA; Unicoloniality

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HIROSHIMA BAY; HONSHU; JAPAN;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 50649103464     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0450-4     Document Type: Article

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