Supercolony mosaics: Two different invasions by the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes, on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 677-687

  Thomas, Melissa L ^a,b   Becker, Katrin ^c   Abbott, Kirsti ^d   Feldhaar, Heike ^c,e  

^a Parks Australia North   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoplolepis gracilipes; Christmas Island; Invasive species; Microsatellites; Supercolony; Yellow crazy ant

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; GECARCINIDAE; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 77952876256     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9473-9     Document Type: Article

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