Short-term effects of low intensity fire on soil macroinvertebrate assemblages in different vegetation patch types in an Australian tropical savanna

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 663-668

  Dawes Gromadzki, Tracy Z ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Landscape patchiness; Northern Australia

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; FIRE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PATCHINESS; SAVANNA; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TERMITE; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 34547666439     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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