Ecological restoration following the local eradication of an invasive ant in northern Australia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 959-969

  Hoffmann, Benjamin D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exotic; Invertebrates; Management; Pheidole megacephala; Rehabilitation; Tramp ant; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PHEIDOLE MEGACEPHALA;

EID: 77952240789     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9516-2     Document Type: Article

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