Four mutually incompatible Argentine ant supercolonies in Japan: Inferring invasion history of introduced Argentine ants from their social structure

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2329-2339

  Sunamura, Eiriki ^a   Hatsumi, Satoko ^b   Karino, Satoshi ^b   Nishisue, Koji ^a   Terayama, Mamoru ^a   Kitade, Osamu ^b   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Biological invasion; Invasion history; Japan; Linepithema humile; Supercolony

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; HYDROCARBON; INCOMPATIBILITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUTUALISM; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 70350726595     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9419-7     Document Type: Article

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