Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Ants in Hawaii


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Hawaii is one of the few places on earth believed to harbor no native ant species. The extreme isolation of the island chain has meant that ants never managed to arrive on their own. Today, over 40 ant species have become established in Hawaii. This assemblage is unique in that nearly all the species qualify as "tramps" (species with habits and life histories that make them exceedlingly good at moving about in conjunction with human activity). Among them are a majority of the world's most successful--and damaging--invasive species. [ more... ]

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The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) project is currently funded by the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) through PIERC (USGS) with support from HCSU (UH-Hilo). More details are available online. Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN)National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
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This page was created on 04 July 2007 by LF, and was last updated on 04 July 2007 by PT. Technical information on this page is based on Paul Krushelnycky's Hawaii Ants section of AntWeb (accessed 24 August 2006). Mahalo ("thank you") to Ellen Van Gelder and Paul Krushelycky for providing content and guidance for this project and for reviewing and providing valuable comments about the website. (URLs: http://www.antweb.org/hawaii.jsp; http://www.antweb.org) Valid HTML 4.01!