Long-term ant community responses to selective harvesting of timber from Spotted Gum (Corymbia variegata)-dominated forests in south-east Queensland

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-214

  Vanderwoude, Cas ^a,b   Lobry De Bruyn, Lisa A ^a   House, Alan P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Forest management; Formicidae; Resilience; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000536307     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2000.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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