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Recent range expansion of the Argentine ant in Japan

  1. Maki N. Inoue1,*,
  2. Eiriki Sunamura2,
  3. Elissa L. Suhr3,
  4. Fuminori Ito4,
  5. Sadahiro Tatsuki2,
  6. Koichi Goka1

Article first published online: 26 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00934.x

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Diversity and Distributions

Diversity and Distributions

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 29–37, January 2013

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Inoue, M. N., Sunamura, E., Suhr, E. L., Ito, F., Tatsuki, S. and Goka, K. (2013), Recent range expansion of the Argentine ant in Japan. Diversity and Distributions, 19: 29–37. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00934.x

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  1. 1

    National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  2. 2

    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  3. 3

    Australian Centre for Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia

  4. 4

    Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Miki, Japan

* Correspondence: Maki N. Inoue, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.
E-mail: inoue.maki@nies.go.jp

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  2. Article first published online: 26 JUN 2012

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