Comparison of ant community composition across different land-use types: Assessing morphological traits with more common methods

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-124

  Yates, Michelle ^a   Andrew, Nigel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Farming practice; Locomotive trait; Myrmecology; Weber's length

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79956329399     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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