Ant interceptions reveal roles of transport and commodity in identifying biosecurity risk pathways into Australia

We obtained 14,140 interception records of ants arriving in Australia between 1986 and 2010 to examine taxonomic and biogeographic patterns of invasion. We also evaluated how trade and transport data influenced interception rates, the identity of species being transported, the comm...

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Main Authors: Elissa L. Suhr, Dennis J. O'Dowd, Andrew V. Suarez, Phillip Cassey, Talia A. Wittmann, Joshua V. Ross, Robert C. Cope
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-11-01
Series:NeoBiota
Online Access:https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/39463/download/pdf/