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Figure 10 | Ecological Processes

Figure 10

From: Is thirty-seven years sufficient for full return of the ant biota following restoration?

Figure 10

Principal components analysis ordination of the short-term study plots surveyed for ants in 1978/9 (blue) and in 2012 (red), showing the ant species that contribute most to variance of axis 1 (left) and axis 2 (right). Key to plots: DPC and JC = Del Park and Jarrahdale forest controls, 2 = planted Pinus pinaster, 10 = planted Eucalyptus resinifera, 22 = planted Corymbia calophylla and Eucalyptus wandoo with mulch, 20 = planted Corymbia calophylla and Eucalyptus resinifera with seeded understorey, and 23 = planted Corymbia calophylla on double-stripped topsoil. Key to ant names: Anonit = Anonychomyrma nitidiceps, Ano835 = Anonychomyrma sp. JDM 835, Ausfla = Austromorium flavigaster, Cammic = Camponotus michaelseni, Cammin = Camponotus minimus, Campro = Camponotus prostans, Colell = Colobostruma elliotti, Creque = Crematogaster queenslandica, Dolyps = Dolichoderus ypsilon, Irical = Iridomyrmex calvus, Iricha = Iridomyrmex chasei, Iricon = Iridomyrmex conifer, Irimjo = Iridomyrmex mjobergi, Irisuc = Iridomyrmex suchieri, Iritur = Iridomyrmex turbineus, Lepneu = Leptogenys neutralis, Merfer = Meranoplus ferrugineus, Monsyd = Monomorium sydneyense, Mon101 = Monomorium sydneyense complex sp. JDM 101, Myrdes = Myrmecia desertorum, Myrswa = Myrmecia swalei, Phe164 = Pheidole sp. JDM 164, Phe177 = Pheidole sp. nr. variabilis (JDM 177), Podmac = Podomyrma macrophthalma, Stigla = Stigmacros glauerti, Sti115 = Stigmacros JDM 115, Strqui = Strumigenys quinquedentata, Tap098 = Tapinoma sp. JDM 98.

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