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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - 'Social insects have a very high potential to become invasive pest species. Here,
    we explore how their social lifestyle and their interaction with parasites may
    contribute to this invasive success. Similar to solitary species, parasite release
    followed by the evolution of increased competitive ability can promote establishment
    of introduced social insect hosts in their introduced range. Genetic bottlenecks
    during introduction of low numbers of founder individuals decrease the genetic
    diversity at three levels: the population, the colony and the individual, with
    the colony level being specific to social insects. Reduced genetic diversity can
    affect both the individual immune system and the collective colony-level disease
    defences (social immunity). Still, the dual immune system is likely to make social
    insects more robust to parasite attack. Changes in social structure from small,
    family-based, territorially aggressive societies in native populations towards
    huge networks of cooperating nests (unicoloniality) occur in some invasive social
    insects, for example, most invasive ants and some termites. Unicoloniality is
    likely to affect disease dynamics in multiple ways. The free exchange of individuals
    within the population leads to an increased genetic heterogeneity among individuals
    of a single nest, thereby decreasing disease transmission. However, the multitude
    of reproductively active queens per colony buffers the effect of individual diseased
    queens and their offspring, which may result in a higher level of vertical disease
    transmission in unicolonial societies. Lastly, unicoloniality provides a competitive
    advantage over native species, allowing them to quickly become the dominant species
    in the habitat, which in turn selects for parasite adaptation to this common host
    genotype and thus eventually a high parasite pressure. Overall, invasions by insect
    societies are characterized by general features applying to all introduced species,
    as well as idiosyncrasies that emerge from their social lifestyle. It is important
    to study these effects in concert to be able to develop efficient management and
    biocontrol strategies. © 2012 British Ecological Society.@eng'
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Line V
      foaf_name: Ugelvig, Line V
      foaf_surname: Ugelvig
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=3DC97C8E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0003-1832-8883
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sylvia
      foaf_name: Cremer, Sylvia
      foaf_surname: Cremer
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=2F64EC8C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0002-2193-3868
  bibo_doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12013
  bibo_issue: '6'
  bibo_volume: 26
  dct_date: 2012^xs_gYear
  dct_identifier:
  - UT:000311433600008
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Wiley-Blackwell@
  dct_title: Effects of social immunity and unicoloniality on host parasite interactions
    in invasive insect societies@
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