Impacts, ecology and dispersal of the invasive argentine ant

Ant Colonies: Behavior in Insects and Computer Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 129-156

  Sunamura, Eiriki ^a   Suzuki, Shun ^a   Sakamoto, Hironori ^b   Nishisue, Koji ^a   Terayama, Mamoru ^a   Tatsuki, Sadahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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