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Behavioural and chemical evidence for multiple colonisation of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in the Western Cape, South Africa

BACKGROUND: The Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, is a widespread invasive ant species that has successfully established in nearly all continents across the globe. Argentine ants are characterised by a social structure known as unicoloniality, where territorial boundaries between nests are absent a...

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Autores principales: Mothapo, Natasha P, Wossler, Theresa C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21288369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-11-6