From introduction to equilibrium: Reconstructing the invasive pathways of the Argentine ant in a Mediterranean region

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2101-2115

  Roura Pascual, Núria ^a,b   Bas, Josep M ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c   Hui, Cang ^b   Krug, Rainer M ^b,d   Brotons, Lluís ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Ecological niche models; Geographic distribution; Linepithema humile; NE Iberian Peninsula; Pathways of introduction; Spatial scales; Spread models

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; NICHE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 68549109737     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01907.x     Document Type: Article

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