Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island
The ant fauna of 12 sand mine plots representing a range of rehabilitation ages and three undisturbed vegetation controls was surveyed during 1982. Physical and botanical parameters were also measured in each plot. Sixty-four ant species were collected from the 15 study plots. Forty-four species had...
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| description | The ant fauna of 12 sand mine plots representing a range of rehabilitation ages and three undisturbed vegetation controls was surveyed during 1982. Physical and botanical parameters were also measured in each plot. Sixty-four ant species were collected from the 15 study plots. Forty-four species had colonized one or more of the mine plots. Ant recolonization proceeded rapidly in plots up-to 6 years old and may have been influenced with time, by plant cover and diversity variables, the amount of litter and by the paucity of logs. The older plots exhibited a lower ant species richness and this is believed to have resulted from interspecific competition with the tramp ant species, Pheidole megacephala. Ant succession proceeded in a slower fashion in the P. megacephala dominated plots. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-455942017-01-30T15:21:59Z Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island Majer, Jonathan The ant fauna of 12 sand mine plots representing a range of rehabilitation ages and three undisturbed vegetation controls was surveyed during 1982. Physical and botanical parameters were also measured in each plot. Sixty-four ant species were collected from the 15 study plots. Forty-four species had colonized one or more of the mine plots. Ant recolonization proceeded rapidly in plots up-to 6 years old and may have been influenced with time, by plant cover and diversity variables, the amount of litter and by the paucity of logs. The older plots exhibited a lower ant species richness and this is believed to have resulted from interspecific competition with the tramp ant species, Pheidole megacephala. Ant succession proceeded in a slower fashion in the P. megacephala dominated plots. 1984 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45594 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Majer, Jonathan Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title | Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title_full | Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title_fullStr | Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title_short | Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island |
| title_sort | ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on north stradbroke island |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45594 |