Is it easy to be urban? Convergent success in urban habitats among lineages of a widespread native ant.

The most rapidly expanding habitat globally is the urban habitat, yet the origin and life histories of the populations of native species that inhabit this habitat remain poorly understood. We use DNA barcoding of the COI gene in the widespread native pest ant Tapinoma sessile to test two hypotheses...

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Main Authors: Sean B Menke, Warren Booth, Robert R Dunn, Coby Schal, Edward L Vargo, Jules Silverman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2820551?pdf=render