Worldwide spread of the yellow-footed ant, nylanderia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-587

  Wetterer, James K ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; biological invasion; exotic species; invasive species

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LATITUDE; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST SITE;

ASIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PARATRECHINA FLAVIPES;

EID: 80053905009     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0323     Document Type: Article

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