The spread of the Argentine ant: Environmental determinants and impacts on native ant communities

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2399-2412

  Roura Pascual, Núria ^a,b,c   Bas, Josep M ^a   Hui, Cang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biotic homogenization; Functional groups; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Occupancy abundance relationships

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCAL EXTINCTION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; PLAGIOLEPIS PYGMAEA; TEMNOTHORAX;

EID: 77954455338     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9650-x     Document Type: Article

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