Exploring a new biodiversity frontier: Subterranean ants in northern Australia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2741-2750

  Andersen, Alan N ^a   Brault, Amaury ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Ant biodiversity; Australia; New species; Savanna; Subterranean pitfall traps

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BAIT; BIODIVERSITY; CRYPSIS; NEW SPECIES; PITFALL TRAP; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA; AUSTRALIA; ECUADOR; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FORMICIDAE; PSEUDOLASIUS; SOLENOPSIS;

EID: 77954456028     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9874-1     Document Type: Article

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