Effects of fertiliser and grazing on the arthropod communities of a native grassland in south-eastern Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 323-334

  Oliver, Ian ^a   Garden, Denys ^b   Greenslade, Penelope J ^c   Haller, Bronwyn ^a   Rodgers, Denis ^d   Seeman, Owen ^e   Johnston, Bill ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Queensland Museum ^*  (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^f New South Wales Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acari; Arthropod biodiversity; Coleoptera; Collembola; Exotic species; Fertiliser; Formicidae; Grazing; Lime; Native grassland; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AUSTRODANTHONIA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 22144439068     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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