Invasion and high-elevation acclimation of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the southern Blue Ridge Escarpment region of North America

• A. J. Lytle ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ajlaffe2@ncsu.edu

  Current address: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-1147

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• J. T. Costa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States of America, Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, North Carolina, United States of America

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• R. J. Warren II

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6765-2351

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