Behavioural and chemical evidence for multiple colonisation of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in the Western Cape, South Africa

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mothapo, Natasha P ^a   Wossler, Theresa C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79551537558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-6     Document Type: Article

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