Ants as indicators of restoration success: Relationship with soil microbial biomass in the Australian seasonal tropics

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Andersen, Alan N ^a   Sparling, Graham P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

ANT; DISTURBANCE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RESTORATION SUCCESS; SOIL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0031459627     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09713.x     Document Type: Article

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