The ant fauna of the remote Mitchell Falls area of tropical north-western Australia: Biogeography, environmental relationships and conservation significance

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-661

  Andersen, Alan N ^a   Lanoue, Johanna ^a,b   Radford, Ian ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c WA Department of Environment and Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Australian Kimberley region; Endemism; Environmental relationships; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; SAVANNA;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; MITCHELL FALLS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; CAMPONOTUS; CHOERODON; DOLICHODERINAE; EYREA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; IRIDOMYRMEX; MELOPHORUS; MERANOPLUS; MONOMORIUM; MYRMICINAE; PHEIDOLE; POLYRHACHIS; RHYTIDOPONERA; TETRAMORIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78249259978     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-010-9294-2     Document Type: Article

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