Short-term responses by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to selective timber harvesting of an open forest in eastern Australia

Australian Forestry

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-276

  Vanderwoude, C ^a,b   Lobry de Bruyn, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS;

ANTS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CORYMBIA VARIEGATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0034429219     PISSN: 00049158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049158.2000.10674841     Document Type: Article

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