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

• Published in: Journal of Insect Conservation
• Main Author: Greenslade, Penelope
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: 06 Biological Sciences; 05 Environmental Sciences; Coringa/Magdelaine Island group; Herald Island group; Pisonia grandis; Pulvinaria urbicola; Tetramorium bicarinatum; Herald Island
• Online Access: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/36975; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-010-9268-4

The 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. I...