Impacts of the invasive Argentine ant on native ants and other invertebrates in coastal scrub in south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-248

  Rowles, Alexei D ^a,b   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Biological invasion; Competitive displacement; Invasive ant; Linepithema humile; Litter invertebrate; Rhytidoponera victoriae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SCRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HETEROPONERA IMBELLIS; INVERTEBRATA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MYRMICINAE; PONERINAE; RHYTIDOPONERA VICTORIAE; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 60549086092     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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