Response of ant communities and ant-seed interactions to bush regeneration

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 188-199

  Grimbacher, Peter S ^a   Hughes, Lesley ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant community composition; Bush regeneration; Ecological restoration; Functional groups; Seed harvesting; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

ANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036906807     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-8903.2002.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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