Bridgehead effect and multiple introductions shape the global invasion history of a termite
Blumenfeld and Eyer et al. retrace the invasion history of the termite Coptotermes formosansus from eastern Asia to the US using approximate Bayesian computation. They find a complex invasion history, with multiple introductions originating from eastern Asia, as well as a bridgehead introduction ori...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-02-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01725-x |