Invasive Argentine Ants Have an Important Effect on Community Structure

question 23

Multiple Choice

Invasive Argentine ants have an important effect on community structure of the South African fynbos because

• A) they do not disperse seeds, while native ants do.
• B) they disperse seeds more effectively than do native ants.
• C) they disperse seeds in different spatial patterns than do native ants.
• D) as keystone species, they greatly increase the local diversity of native ants.
• E) Argentine ants have invaded many communities, but not the South African fynbos.

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