Seasonal polydomy in a polygynous supercolony of the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 780-788

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Bennett, Gary ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive ants; Nest persistence; Odorous house ant; Polygyny; Seasonal polydomy; Supercolony; Tapinoma sessile

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BREEDING SITE; DOMINANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; POLYGYNY; POPULATION DENSITY; SESSILE SPECIES; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; TAPINOMA SESSILE;

EID: 55349084427     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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