Long-term fire exclusion and ant community structure in an Australian tropical savanna: Congruence with vegetation succession

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 823-832

  Andersen, Alan N ^a,c   Hertog, Tony ^a,c   Woinarski, John C Z ^b,d  

^a BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Biodiversity Branch   (Australia)

^c CSIRO's Tropical Savannas Group   (Australia)

^d Biodiversity Branch of the Northern Territory Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Australia; Colonization; Fire; Forest savanna boundaries; Northern Territory; Rain forest; Solar Village; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; COLONIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PITFALL TRAP; SAVANNA; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EUCALYPTUS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 33645981923     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01463.x     Document Type: Article

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