Ecological and biological strategies taken by the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868), in cold seasons. Effects of winter nests management in natural invaded areas
The winter nesting behaviour of the Argentine ant seems to be intrinsic, and its success as an invasive species does not rely on a shift in social organization, nor on a shift in its mode of nesting associated with the introduction to new habitats. Differences in energy investment in queens seem to...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat de Girona
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/123669 |