Contribution of oribatid and mesostigmatid soil mites in ecologically based estimates of global species richness

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-79

  Osler, Graham H R ^a,b   Beattie, Andrew J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community structure; Global species richness; Host habitat specialization; Mesostigmata; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006788703     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01088.x     Document Type: Article

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