Pisonia grandis monocultures limit the spread of an invasive ant-a case of carbohydrate quality?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1403-1410

  Hoffmann, Benjamin D ^a   Kay, Alice ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exotic; Invasion mechanism; Invertebrates; Island; Pheidole megacephala

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBOHYDRATE; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MONOCULTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; PISONIA GRANDIS;

EID: 67349276071     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9348-5     Document Type: Article

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