Arboreal oribatid mite diversity: Colonizing the canopy

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Behan Pelletier, Valerie ^a   Winchester, Neville ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active dispersal; Arboreal oribatida; Canopy; Colonization; Malaise traps; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002171718     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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