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dc.contributor.authorMajer, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:21:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:21:59Z
dc.date.created2010-08-11T05:35:14Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.identifier.citationMajer, J. D. (1984). Ant return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island. In: (eds. R. J. Coleman, J. Covacevich & P. Davies) Focus on Stradbroke: New Information on North Stradbroke Island and Surrounding Areas, 1974-1984. Boolarong Press, Brisbane. 325-332.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45594
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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.

dc.titleAnt return in rehabilitated mineral sand mines on North Stradbroke Island
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage325
dcterms.source.endPage332
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Reference Number: #BC3

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curtin.facultySchool of Agriculture and Environment
curtin.facultyDepartment of Environmental Biology
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering


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