A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia

Sixty-eight ant species in 22 genera were collected by pitfall traps and hand sampling made along 2 transects, one north and one south of Perth, running across the Coastal Plain and on to the Darling Plateau. Six vegetation associations were represented along each transect. There were no trends in s...

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Main Authors: Rossbach, M., Majer, Jonathan
Format: Journal Article
Published: 1983
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18075
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description Sixty-eight ant species in 22 genera were collected by pitfall traps and hand sampling made along 2 transects, one north and one south of Perth, running across the Coastal Plain and on to the Darling Plateau. Six vegetation associations were represented along each transect. There were no trends in species richness, diversity or evenness across the transects although overall species composition differed between certain vegetation associations. These differences are discussed in terms of soil type and vegetation association and the results are compared with those from a similar study in the Queensland sub-tropics.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-180752017-05-30T08:09:03Z A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia Rossbach, M. Majer, Jonathan ants - Darling Plateau - Swan Coastal Plain Sixty-eight ant species in 22 genera were collected by pitfall traps and hand sampling made along 2 transects, one north and one south of Perth, running across the Coastal Plain and on to the Darling Plateau. Six vegetation associations were represented along each transect. There were no trends in species richness, diversity or evenness across the transects although overall species composition differed between certain vegetation associations. These differences are discussed in terms of soil type and vegetation association and the results are compared with those from a similar study in the Queensland sub-tropics. 1983 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18075 fulltext
spellingShingle ants - Darling Plateau - Swan Coastal Plain
Rossbach, M.
Majer, Jonathan
A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title_full A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title_fullStr A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title_short A preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the Darling Plateau and Swan Coastal Plain near Perth, Western Australia
title_sort preliminary survey of the ant fauna of the darling plateau and swan coastal plain near perth, western australia
topic ants - Darling Plateau - Swan Coastal Plain
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18075