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| Title |
The Importance of Using Multiple Approaches for Identifying Emerging Invasive Species: The Case of the Rasberry Crazy Ant in the United States
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0045314 |
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| Authors |
Dietrich Gotzek, Seán G. Brady, Robert J. Kallal, John S. LaPolla |
| Abstract |
In the past decade, Houston, Texas has been virtually overrun by an unidentified ant species, the sudden appearance and enormous population sizes and densities of which have received national media attention. The Rasberry Crazy Ant, as it has become known due to its uncertain species status, has since spread to neighboring states and is still a major concern to pest control officials. Previous attempts at identifying this species have resulted in widely different conclusions in regards to its native range, source, and biology. We identify this highly invasive pest species as Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) using morphometric data measured from 14 characters, molecular sequence data consisting of 4,669 aligned nucleotide sites from six independent loci and comparison with type specimens. This identification will allow for the study and control of this emerging pest species to proceed unencumbered by taxonomic uncertainty. We also show that N. fulva has a much wider distribution than previously thought and has most likely invaded all of the Gulf Coast states. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 83 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Cuba | 1 | 1% |
| Greece | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 76 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 20% |
| Researcher | 16 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 19% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 53 | 64% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 16 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 74. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 April 2022.
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