Stealthy invaders: the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.72

Heinze, J. ; Cremer, S. ; Eckl, N. ; Schrempf, A.

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Abstract

Many invasive ant species, such as the Argentine ant or the red imported fire ant, have huge colonies with thousands of mass-foraging workers, which quickly monopolise resources and therefore represent a considerable threat to the native ant fauna. Cardiocondyla obscurior and several other species of this myrmicine genus have similarly been transferred throughout the tropics by human activities. ...