Ant assemblages in intact big sagebrush and converted cheatgrass-dominated habitats in tooele county, Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-234

  Ostoja, Steven M ^a,b   Schupp, Eugene W ^a   Sivy, Kelly ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Ants; Artemisia tridentata; Big sagebrush; Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Ecological restoration; Great Basin desert; Invasion; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 68049123005     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0211     Document Type: Review

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