Characterising insect diversity on Australia's remnant native grasslands: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and beetles (Coleoptera) at craigieburn grasslands reserve, Victoria

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 409-413

  Gibson, L A ^a   New, T R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Community composition; Functional groups; Pitfall traps; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; PITFALL TRAP; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 35649023158     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9051-8     Document Type: Article

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