Response of an ant assemblage to mining on the arid Namaqualand coast, South Africa

African Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 162-167

  Netshilaphala, N M ^a   Milton, S J ^a,c   Robertson, H G ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c Tierberg Karoo Research Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 18144376316     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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