Genetic structure, behaviour and invasion history of the Argentine ant supercolony in Australia

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-484

  Suhr, Elissa L ^a   O'Dowd, Dennis J ^a   Mckechnie, Stephen W ^a   Mackay, Duncan A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Intraspecific aggression; Invasion history; Invasive ants; Linepithema humile; Microsatellites; Source populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954618640     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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