Anthony J. Pik

TL;DR: In this article, a survey of 24 sites in four land systems in arid northwest New South Wales, Australia was conducted, and sites were located to give a hierarchy of intersite distances, and land systems were classified as either low isolation (large and continuous) or high isolation (small patches interspersed among other land systems).

TL;DR: To sample invertebrate composition across a natural edge between a well-developed riparian habitat on fluvial sands and a saltbush habitat developed on a semi-arid region of New South Wales, Australia, the result is that assemblage composition for invertebrates changes gradually over distances of up to 400 m either side of the edge and that the distance to a recognizable change in composition is taxon dependent.

TL;DR: This is the first case study to have documented a successional response from ants to the revegetation of agricultural land with eucalypt plantations, and reasons for the temporal and interhabitat differences in community structure are discussed.

TL;DR: The extent, distribution, and biology of invertebrate species remain poorly known, despite their presence in all habitats, their critical role in ecosystem processes, and more than 250 years of taxonomic research.