Smaller climatic niche shifts in invasive than non-invasive alien ant species

Whether or not species—when introduced to a new location—eventually become invasive has been linked to the specices’ capacity to expand its niche. However, here the authors show that the extent of niche shift is smaller in non-invasive than invasive ant species, questioning this established hypothes...

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Main Authors: Olivia K. Bates, Sébastien Ollier, Cleo Bertelsmeier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19031-1