A sophisticated, modular communication contributes to ecological dominance in the invasive ant Anoplolepis gracilipes

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3551-3561

  Lizon à l'Allemand, Sofia ^a   Witte, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Exocrine glands; Invasive species; Recruitment; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ANT; ATTRACTANT; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONGEVITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PHEROMONE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIGNAL;

ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; FORMICIDAE; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS;

EID: 77956873189     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9750-7     Document Type: Article

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