Ecologically heterogeneous populations of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata within its native and introduced ranges

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 504-512

  Orivel, Jérôme ^a   Grangier, Julien ^a   Foucaud, Julien ^b   Le Breton, Julien ^a,c   Andrès, François Xavier ^c   Jourdan, Hervé ^c   Delabie, Jacques H C ^d   Fournier, Denis ^b,g   Cerdan, Philippe ^e   Facon, Benoit ^b   Estoup, Arnaud ^b   Dejean, Alain ^f  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d Lab de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^e Laboratoire Environnement de Petit Saut (HYDRECO)   (France)

^f Campus Agronomique   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Disturbance; Ecological traits; Native; Wasmannia auropunctata

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 67651205914     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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