Are roadside strips important reservoirs of invertebrate diversity? A comparison of the ant and beetle faunas of roadside strips and large remnant woodlands

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 611-624

  Major, Richard E ^a   Smith, Derek ^a   Cassis, Gerasimos ^a   Gray, Michael ^a   Colgan, Donald J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0033380216     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99048     Document Type: Article

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