Evolution of the Neotropical ant genus Linepithema

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-62

  Wild, Alexander L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

LINEPITHEMA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; LINEPITHEMA OBLONGUM;

EID: 58149268080     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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