Trapping intensities for sampling ants in Australian rangelands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-86

  James, Craig D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant; Formicidae; Monitoring; Mulga woodland; Sampling intensity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PITFALL TRAP; RANGELAND; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACACIA; ACACIA ANEURA; ANEURA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1542290540     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2004.01351.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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