Ant assemblages on rehabilitated tropical landfills

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3685-3697

  So, W Y ^a   Chu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ant communities; Bioindicators; Functional groups; Hong Kong; Landfills; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOINDICATOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; LANDFILL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 78249284627     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9922-x     Document Type: Article

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