@Article{Martin_etal2011,
author="Martin, J.M.
and Roux, O.
and Groc, S.
and Dejean, A.",
title="A type of unicoloniality within the native range of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima",
journal="Comptes Rendus Biologies",
year="2011",
publisher="Elsevier France-Editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier",
volume="334",
number="4",
pages="307--310",
optkeywords="Ants",
optkeywords="Solenopsis saevissima",
optkeywords="Native range",
optkeywords="Unicoloniality",
abstract="To determine if a type of unicoloniality exists in the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range, we conducted intraspecific aggressiveness tests in French Guiana between workers originating from 15 human-disturbed sites. We identified two {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}colonial groups{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} spread over 54 km and 12.5 km, respectively. Workers from the same group never attacked each other, but inter-group confrontations resulted in a high level of aggressiveness. These large {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}colonial groups{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright} enhances the threat occasioned by S. saevissima for both agriculture and the environment. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.",
optnote="ISI:000290364200007",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=314), last updated on Mon, 23 May 2011 08:42:03 -0300",
issn="1631-0691"
}