Aggressive interactions between the introduced Argentine ant, Linepithema humile and the native odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1001-1011

  Buczkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Bennett, Gary W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression assay; Argentine ant; Competition; Invasive ants; Linepithema humile; Odorous house ant; Tapinoma sessile

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349125525     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9179-9     Document Type: Article

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