Distribution of ant species along an altitudinal transect in continuous rainforest in subtropical Queensland, Australia

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Burwell, Chris J ^a   Nakamura, Akihiro ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ant species; IBISCA; Lamington national park

Indexed keywords

ANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROHABITAT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSECT;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84859993641     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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