Biodiversity impacts of an invasive grass: ant community responses to Cenchrus ciliaris in arid Australia

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• community response 88%
• ant 84%
• grass 60%
• biodiversity 51%
• microhabitat 20%
• vegetation cover 17%
• fauna 13%
• seed dispersal 11%
• ground cover 11%
• vegetation 10%
• arid environment 10%
• invasive species 9%
• ecosystem service 7%
• seed 7%
• transform 6%
• rate 5%
• ecosystem 5%
• removal 4%
• effect 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Cenchrus ciliaris 100%
• Formicidae 63%
• biodiversity 58%
• grasses 52%
• vegetation cover 18%
• microhabitats 16%
• fauna 13%
• vegetation 11%
• seed dispersal 8%
• ecosystem services 8%
• dry environmental conditions 8%
• invasive species 7%
• climate 6%
• species diversity 6%
• ecosystems 5%
• seeds 4%