Assessing the distribution of the Argentine ant using physiological data

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 739-745

  Abril, Sílvia ^a   Roura Pascual, Núria ^a,b   Oliveras, Jordi ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Degree day model; Linepithema humile; Species potential distribution; Worker production

Indexed keywords

ANT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; WORKER CASTE;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 70349133919     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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