@article {3645,
	title = {Surrogate habitats demonstrate the invasion potential of the African pugnacious ant},
	journal = {Biodiversity and Conservation},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2006},
	note = {Part of FORMIS 07; from-DPW, },
	month = {January 2006},
	pages = {411-428},
	abstract = {<p>*[We demonstrate that a particularly opportunistic \&amp; locally dominant ant Anoplolepis custodiens, which is a major indigenous African pest, overrides habitat structure to maintain its population level. We compared A. custodiens activity, morphology, foraging behavior, \&amp; ant species diversity in artificially established surrogate habitats (= cover crops) in a vineyard containing an ample food resource in the form of the honeydew-producing mealybug Planococcus ficus. These cover crops were chosen so as to create highly altered habitats. The ant\&$\#$39;s ability to overcome these potentially suppressive habitat conditions hinged on its tight mutualism with the mealybug, \&amp; on its chasing away mealybug parasitoids. This ant species is predicted to be a latent invasive beyond Africa.]</p>
},
	author = {Addison, P. and Samways, M.J.}
}
