Ecological partitioning and invasive ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in a tropical rain forest ant community from Fiji

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-482

  Ward, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA VAGA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 53449099496     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[473:EPAIAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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