Overview of the Distribution, Habitat Association and Impact of Exotic Ants on Native Ant Communities in New Caledonia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Berman, Maïa ^a,b,c   Andersen, Alan N ^a,b   Hély, Christelle ^d   Gaucherel, Cédric ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e Institut Français Pondicherry   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; ANT; ARTICLE; BRACHYMYRMEX OBSCURIOR; EXOTIC SPECIES; GENUS; MELALEUCA; NATIVE SPECIES; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; NYLANDERIA VAGA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RAIN FOREST; SAVANNA; SCRUB; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VOLCANO; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACACIA SPIRORBIS; ANOPLOLEPIS GRACILIPES; BRACHYMYRMEX OBSCURIOR; FORMICIDAE; MELALEUCA; MYRMICINAE; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA; VAGA; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW CALEDONIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84879477108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067245     Document Type: Article

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