Ant dominance in urban areas

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-514

  Stringer, Lloyd D ^a   Stephens, Andréa E A ^a,b   Suckling, David M ^a   Charles, John G ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Latitudinal gradient; Linepithema humile; Monomorium; Paratrechina; Species co occurrence

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MONOMORIUM; PARATRECHINA;

EID: 70350379379     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0100-4     Document Type: Article

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