The value of ants as early warning bioindicators : responses to pulsed cattle grazing at an Australian arid zone locality

By John L. Read, A. Andersen. 2000

116 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. B. Hoffmann
2. B. Fisher
3. Emma Underwood
4. A. Andersen
5. Anthony D. Griffiths
6. W. Müller
7. A. Fisher
8. P. S. Ward

In Genetics

1. B. Hoffmann
2. B. Fisher
3. A. Andersen
4. Emma Underwood
5. Anthony D. Griffiths
6. W. Müller
7. P. S. Ward
8. John L. Read

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. B. Hoffmann
2. A. Andersen
3. B. Fisher
4. Emma Underwood
5. Anthony D. Griffiths
6. W. Müller
7. A. Fisher
8. K. Davies

Citations in the corpus

• Species Richness, Abundance, and Composition of Ground-Dwelling Ants in Northern California Grasslands: Role of Plants, Soil, and Grazing (2005, background): “In semiarid and arid areas, grazing seems to have little impact on ant richness or abundance (Kerley and Whitford 2000, Read and Andersen 2000, Bestelmeyer and Wiens 2001), although ungrazed areas can favor the abundance of certain ant species (Read and Andersen 2000, Bestelmeyer and Wiens 2001).”
• Using ants for rangeland monitoring: Global patterns in the responses of ant communities to grazing (2010, background): “…pulse grazing and shrub removal Annual differences > treatments Responses often dependent on shrub removal 3 of 3 most common spp responsive Read & Andersen 2000 Roxby Downs, Australia Arid shrubland on dune and swales Ungrazed vs intensive pulse grazed Abundance increased, no change spp…”
• The role of ants in conservation monitoring: If, when, and how (2006, background): “…sam- Table 2 – Summary of ant sampling and monitoring studies (Matlock and de la Cruz, 2003; Nash et al., 1998; Parr et al., 2002; Peck et al., 1998; Read and Andersen, 2000; Woinarski et al., 2002) gnirotinoMnistnA ecnerefeRydutSfonoitpircseD tatibaH )laitnetop( noitacoL seicepS ssenhciR…”
• Use of terrestrial invertebrates for biodiversity monitoring in Australian rangelands, with particular reference to ants (2004, background): “... applied to a wide range of other land-use situations (Andersen 1990), including off-site mining impacts (Read 1996; Madden & Fox 1997; Read & Pickering 1999; Hoffmann et al . 2000), forest management (Neumann 1992; York 1994, 2000; Vanderwoude et al . 1997, 2000), conservation assessment (Yeatma”
• Using ants as bioindicators in land management: simplifying assessment of ant community responses (2002, methodology): “More recently, ants have been used as indicators of off-site mining impacts (Read 1996; Hoffmann, Griffiths & Andersen 2000) and for other land uses such as forestry (York 1994; Vanderwoude, Andersen & House 1997) and pastoralism (Landsberg, Morton & James 1999; Hoffmann 2000; Read & Andersen 2000 ”