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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Ant invasions are often harmful to native species communities. Their pathogens
    and host disease defense mechanisms may be one component of their devastating
    success. First, they can introduce harmful diseases to their competitors in the
    introduced range, to which they themselves are tolerant. Second, their supercolonial
    social structure of huge multi-queen nest networks means that they will harbor
    a broad pathogen spectrum and high pathogen load while remaining resilient, unlike
    the smaller, territorial colonies of the native species. Thus, it is likely that
    invasive ants act as a disease reservoir, promoting their competitive advantage
    and invasive success.
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author:
- first_name: Sylvia
  full_name: Cremer, Sylvia
  id: 2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Cremer
  orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
citation:
  ama: Cremer S. Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants. <i>Current Opinion
    in Insect Science</i>. 2019;33:63-68. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011">10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011</a>
  apa: Cremer, S. (2019). Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants. <i>Current
    Opinion in Insect Science</i>. Elsevier. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011</a>
  chicago: Cremer, Sylvia. “Pathogens and Disease Defense of Invasive Ants.” <i>Current
    Opinion in Insect Science</i>. Elsevier, 2019. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011</a>.
  ieee: S. Cremer, “Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants,” <i>Current Opinion
    in Insect Science</i>, vol. 33. Elsevier, pp. 63–68, 2019.
  ista: Cremer S. 2019. Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants. Current Opinion
    in Insect Science. 33, 63–68.
  mla: Cremer, Sylvia. “Pathogens and Disease Defense of Invasive Ants.” <i>Current
    Opinion in Insect Science</i>, vol. 33, Elsevier, 2019, pp. 63–68, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011">10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011</a>.
  short: S. Cremer, Current Opinion in Insect Science 33 (2019) 63–68.
date_created: 2019-05-13T07:58:36Z
date_published: 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-08-25T10:31:31Z
day: '01'
department:
- _id: SyCr
doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.03.011
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intvolume: '        33'
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language:
- iso: eng
month: '06'
oa_version: None
page: 63-68
publication: Current Opinion in Insect Science
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - '22145753'
  issn:
  - '22145745'
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier
quality_controlled: '1'
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status: public
title: Pathogens and disease defense of invasive ants
type: journal_article
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year: '2019'
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