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At peace with itself, an ant triumphs

Argentine ants are succeeding in their march around the globe in part because they’ve stopped scrapping among themselves.

 

References:

Holway, D.A., A.V. Suarez, and T.J. Case. 1998. Loss of intraspecific aggression in the success of a widespread invasive social insect. Science 282(Oct. 30):949.

 

Further Readings:

1997. Invasive Argentine ant is no picnic. Science News 152(Aug. 23):116.

 

Sources:

Marc Dantzker
University of California, San Diego
Department of Biology 0116
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0116

Deborah M. Gordon
Stanford University
Department of Biological Sciences
Stanford, CA 94305-5020

David A. Holway
University of California, San Diego
Department of Biology 0116
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

Walter R. Tschinkel
Florida State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4370

Philip S. Ward
University of California, Davis
Department of Entomology
Davis, CA 95616

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 18, October 31, 1998, p. 278.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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