Alien arthropods in Hawaii: trouble in paradise

Author:: Roderick, G.K., Gillespie, Rosemary G.
Title:: Alien arthropods in Hawaii: trouble in paradise
Periodical:: Aliens
Year:: 1998
Volume:: 8
Pages:: 2-3
Subject:: Alien species Endangered species Hawaii Island
Summary:: Hawaii's arthropod fauna has 5,735 native species to date. Over 97% of the native arthropod species are endemic to the Hawaii archipelago and 90% of these are insects. The alien arthropods are devastating to the isolated, less competitive endemic species. Ants and wasps are especially destructive on the native Hawaiian biota.
Label:: Insects
URL:: http://www.issg.org/pdf/aliens_newsletters/A08.pdf
Date:: 1998
Collection:: Periodicals