Ant assemblages in Brigalow regrowth vegetation

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-140

  House, Alan ^a   Burwell, Chris ^b   Brown, Stuart ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant diversity; Ant functional groups; Brigalow; Regrowth vegetation; Vegetation planning

Indexed keywords

ANT; REGROWTH; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

EID: 33745714286     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2006.280_2.x     Document Type: Article

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