Litter complexity and composition are determinants of the diversity and species composition of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in litterbags

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Hansen, Randi A ^a,b   Coleman, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat heterogeneity; Leaf litter; Oribatid mite; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002440406     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00048-1     Document Type: Article

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