Before / After human-mediated dispersal (IMAGE)

University of Lausanne

Before / After human-mediated dispersal

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The dispersal of 309 non-native ant species has had a major impact on the biogeographical patterns of all 13,774 ant species with known distributions, with the emergence of a single bioregion in the tropics consisting of similar species assemblages. © Lucie Aulus-Giacosa, DEE-UNIL

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© Lucie Aulus-Giacosa, DEE-UNIL

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