Southern California Wildfires Can Alter Ant Species Assemblages in Coastal Sage Scrub Habitats: USGS Research Brief

A USGS study reports that after the 2003 fires, burned coastal sage scrub (CSS) plots displayed a significant shift in the overall community structure of ground foraging ant species.
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Matsuda, T., G. Turschak, C. Brehme, C. Rochester, M. Mitrovich, R.N. Fisher. 2011. Effects of Large-Scale Wildfires on Ground Foraging Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern California. Environmental Entomology 40:204-216.