Thermotolerance adaptation to human-modified habitats occurs in the native range of the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata before long-distance dispersal

Key evolutionary events associated with invasion success are traditionally thought to occur in the introduced, rather than the native range of species. In the invasive ant Wasmannia auropunctata, however, a shift in reproductive system has been demonstrated within the native range, from the sexual n...

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Main Authors: Foucaud, Julien, Rey, Olivier, Robert, Stéphanie, Crespin, Laurent, Orivel, Jérôme, Facon, Benoit, Loiseau, Anne, Jourdan, Hervé, Kenne, Martin, Masse, Paul Serge Mbenoun, Tindo, Maurice, Vonshak, Merav, Estoup, Arnaud
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3684750/