Genetic evidence for multiple invasions of the eastern subterranean termite into Canada

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1680-1686

  Scaduto, David A ^a   Garner, Shawn R ^a   Leach, Emma L ^a   Thompson, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

invasive species; Isoptera; population genetics; Reticulitermes; social insect

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANT; BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LABOR DIVISION; PEST SPECIES; SOCIAL INSECT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TERMITE; URBAN AREA; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOPTERA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PELEE ISLAND; TORONTO;

APOCRITA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 84871601691     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12158     Document Type: Article

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