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Did alien ants initiate a population explosion of a coccoid plant pest on an islet in the Coral Sea?

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dc.contributor.authorGreenslade, Penelope
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:15:45Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:34:48Z
dc.description.abstractThe composition of the ant fauna of a Coral Sea islet, North East Herald Cay, is reported for several years from 1995 to 2007. A major change in composition was first noted in 2007 but probably occurred earlier. Tetramorium lanuginosum, present in 1997 and in previous years, was not found in 2007. Instead, Tetramorium bicarinatum, recorded for the first time in 2006, was abundant in 2007. This change, together with drier conditions, may have initiated a population explosion of a pest coccoid that caused serious damage to the tree, Pisonia grandis. Tetramorium bicarinatum also reduced the abundance of surface-active arthropods compared to their abundance when it was absent. Ants and other invertebrates on three other islets in the Coral Sea are also documented for 2007 and support the dominance effects of T. bicarinatums.
dc.identifier.issn1366-638X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/64775
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.sourceJournal of Insect Conservation: an international journal devoted to the conservation of insects
dc.subjectKeywords: abundance; ant; bacterium; biodiversity; introduced species; nature conservation; pest species; population outbreak; tree; Coral Sea; Pacific Ocean; Anthozoa; Arthropoda; Coccoidea; Formicidae; Invertebrata; Mycteroperca fusca; Pisonia grandis; Pulvinaria Coringa/Magdelaine Island group; Herald Island group; Pisonia grandis; Pulvinaria urbicola; Tetramorium bicarinatum
dc.titleDid alien ants initiate a population explosion of a coccoid plant pest on an islet in the Coral Sea?
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage421
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage419
local.contributor.affiliationGreenslade, Penelope, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidGreenslade, Penelope, u4032569
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor060809 - Vertebrate Biology
local.identifier.absfor060203 - Ecological Physiology
local.identifier.absseo960808 - Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB997
local.identifier.citationvolume14
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s10841-010-9268-4
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-77954214655
local.identifier.thomsonID000279310800010
local.type.statusPublished Version

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