A new colony structure of the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in Southern Europe

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1491-1497

  Blight, O ^a   Renucci, M ^b   Tirard, A ^b   Orgeas, J ^a   Provost, E ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical analyses; Corsica; Intraspecific aggression; Linepithema humile; Supercolonies

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; TAXONOMY;

CORSE; FRANCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 77952320337     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9561-x     Document Type: Article

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