Genetic and behavioural evidence for a city-wide supercolony of the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southeastern Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Suhr, Elissa L ^a   McKechnie, Stephen W ^a   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Intraspecific aggression; Invasive ants; Microsatellite markers; Supercoloniality

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 60549101397     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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