The use of ants and other soil and litter arthropods as bio-indicators of the impacts of rainforest clearing and subsequent land use

Akihiro Nakamura1, Carla Catterall1, Alan House2, R. L. Kitching1, Chris J. Burwell3
1Rainforest Coperative Research Centre and Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
2CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, St Lucia, Australia
3Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia

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