Ant community succession within eucalypt plantations on used pasture and implications for taxonomic sufficiency in biomonitoring

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 553-565

  Schnell, M R ^a,b   Pik, A J ^a   Dangerfield, J M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Assemblages; Bio monitoring; Community succession; Eucalyptus plantations; Formicidae; Functional groups; Morphospecies; Revegetation; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PASTURE; PLANTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PUNCTATA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0242404134     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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