Ant community development on rehabilitated ash dams in the South African highveld

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 552-558

  van Hamburg, Huib ^a   Andersen, Alan N ^b   Meyer, Wimpie J ^a   Robertson, Hamish G ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ants; Bioindicators; Ecosystem development; Minesite rehabilitation; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOINDICATOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; PITFALL TRAP; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HIGHVELD; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; FRAXINUS;

EID: 11144250224     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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