Elevated dominance of extrafloral nectary-bearing plants is associated with increased abundances of an invasive ant and reduced native ant richness

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Savage, Amy M ^a   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a   Whitney, Kenneth D ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoplolepis gracilipes; Ant communities; Ant invasions; Extrafloral nectar; Island communities; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

ANT; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NATIVE SPECIES; NECTAR; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 69249091715     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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