How useful are ant assemblages for monitoring habitat disturbance on grasslands in south eastern Australia?

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-159

  New, T R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMONITORING; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034518297     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009668817271     Document Type: Article

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