Environmental and landscape factors influencing ant and plant diversity in suburban riparian corridors

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 372-382

  Ives, Christopher D ^a   Hose, Grant C ^a   Nipperess, David A ^a   Taylor, Mark Patrick ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ants; Biodiversity; Corridor width; Riparian corridor; Urban land use; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE;

ANTS; CORRIDOR WIDTH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LANDSCAPE CONNECTIVITIES; RIPARIAN CORRIDORS; URBAN LAND USE;

VEGETATION;

ANT; BIODIVERSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PH; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; UNDERPINNING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 80054848786     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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