Ascertaining key factors behind the coexistence of the native ant species plagiolepis pygmaea with the invasive Argentine ant Linepitbema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2 B, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Abril, Silvia ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Coexistence; Dominance hierarchy; Linepithema humile; P. pygmaea

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA;

EID: 62649101851     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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