Does selective grazing by mites and collembola affect litter fungal community structure?

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-105

  McLean, M A ^a   Kaneko, N ^b   Parkinson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collembola; Fungal community; Mites; Onychiurus subtenuis; Oppiela nova; Selective grazing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGI; GRAZING; LITTER; MITE; PINE NEEDLE;

ACARINA; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOSTIGMATA; ONYCHIURUS SUBTENUIS; OPPIELLA NOVA;

EID: 0029775403     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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