Ant communities as bio–indicators in relation to fire management of spotted gum (Eucalyptus maculata Hook.) forests in southeast Queensland

Abstract

Each species was described as having Eyrean (arid), Bassian (cool-temperate) or Torresian (tropical) affinities, or as being Widespread, according to the distribution of the species-group to which it belongs. Such designations were based on the second author's understanding of the biogeography of the Australian ant fauna, following and extending those published elsewhere (e.g. Andersen, 1993a; 1993b).