Integrating physiology, population dynamics and climate to make multi-scale predictions for the spread of an invasive insect: The Argentine ant at Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-94

  Hartley, Stephen ^a   Krushelnycky, Paul D ^b,c   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; NEST SITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUBLAND; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE;

HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 77953922442     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06037.x     Document Type: Article

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