A comparative study between Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri on tolerance to heat and desiccation stresses.

Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri are two very closely related invasive ant species; however, S. invicta is a much more successful invader. Physiological tolerance to abiotic stress has been hypothesized to be important to the success of an invasive species. In this study, we tested the hyp...

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Main Authors: Jian Chen, Tahir Rashid, Guolei Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24915009/pdf/?tool=EBI