Ant recolonization of rehabilitated bauxite mines at Trombetas, Pará, Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-273

  Majer, Jonathan D ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Australia; Bauxite mining; Brazil; Climate; Formicidae; Land rehabilitation; Recolonization; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; ACACIA; EUCALYPTUS; HYMENEPTERA;

ANT RECOLONIZATION; BAUXITE MINE;

BRAZIL, PARA, TROMBETAS;

EID: 0029661484     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009445     Document Type: Article

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