Effects of stock grazing on the ground invertebrate fauna of woodland remnants

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Bromham, Lindell ^a,d   Cardillo, Marcel ^b,e   Bennett, Andrew F ^c,f   Elgar, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Diversity; Grazing; Habitat fragmentation; Invertebrates; Pitfall trapping; Remnant woodland

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044380748     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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