A preliminary investigation of temporal patterns in semiarid ant communities: Variation with habitat type

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Barrow, Lauren ^a   Parr, Catherine L ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community composition; Moisture; Purnululu national park; Resource availability; Seasonality; Semiarid tropics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRY SEASON; HABITAT TYPE; NATIONAL PARK; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PURNULULU NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; IRIDOMYRMEX; MELOPHORUS; MERANOPLUS; SPINIFEX;

EID: 64549113759     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2008.01832.x     Document Type: Article

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