Global warming may freeze the invasion of big-headed ants

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1561-1572

  Bertelsmeier, Cleo ^a   Luque, Gloria M ^a   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Big headed ant; Biological invasions; Climate change; Ensemble forecast; Niche modelling; Pheidole megacephala

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL WARMING; INVASIVE SPECIES; OCEANIA ECOZONE;

EUROPE;

FORMICIDAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 84879168426     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0390-y     Document Type: Article

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