The effects of habitat fragmentation and livestock-grazing on animal communities in remnants of gimlet Eucalyptus salubris woodland in the Western Australian wheatbelt. I. Arthropods

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1281-1301

  Abensperg Traun, M ^a   Smith, G T ^a   Arnold, G W ^a   Steven, D E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; eucalypt woodland remnants; fragmentation; grazing; habitat change; isolation; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS SALUBRIS; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IDIOPIDAE; ISOPODA; ISOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; MYRTACEAE; SCARABAEIDAE; SCORPIONES;

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; GIMLET; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030302428     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404770     Document Type: Article

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