Invasion impacts on biodiversity: Responses of ant communities to infestation by cat's claw creeper vine, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in subtropical Australia

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2289-2302

  Osunkoya, Olusegun O ^a   Polo, Claire ^b   Andersen, Alan N ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant community composition; Biological invasion; Macfadyenaunguis cati; Subterranean ants; Weed impact; Woody vines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RAINFOREST; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VINE; WEED;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BIGNONIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; MACFADYENA UNGUIS-CATI;

EID: 80052814019     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0040-9     Document Type: Article

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