Worldwide invasion by the little fire ant: Routes of introduction and eco-evolutionary pathways

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-374

  Foucaud, Julien ^a   Orivel, Jérôme ^b,c   Loiseau, Anne ^a   Delabie, Jacques H C ^d   Jourdan, Hervé ^a   Konghouleux, Djoël ^a   Vonshak, Merav ^e   Tindo, Maurice ^f   Mercier, Jean Luc ^g   Fresneau, Dominique ^h   Mikissa, Jean Bruno ^g   McGlynn, Terry ⁱ   Mikheyev, Alexander S ^j   Oettler, Jan ^k   Estoup, Arnaud ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^d UPA Laboratorio de Mirmecologia   (Brazil)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^g e mail: Chrusciel Univ Toursfr   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Biological invasion; Introduction routes; Parthenogenesis; Reproduction system; Wasmannia auropunctata

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951802499     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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