Assessment of the Argentine ant invasion management by means of manual removal of winter nests in mixed cork oak and pine forests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 315-327

  Diaz, Mireia ^a   Abril, Sílvia ^a   Enríquez, Martha L ^a   Gómez, Crisanto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Invasion front; Long term extirpation effects; Seasonal colony dynamics; Spatial nest distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; MAPPING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREE;

ARGENTINA;

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84892444472     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0520-1     Document Type: Article

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