Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of sub-antarctic heard island

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Stary J ^a   Block, W ^b   Greenslade, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Faunistics; Heard island; Mites; Oribatida; Sub antarctic

Indexed keywords

MITE FAUNA; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN, HEARD ISLAND;

ACARI; AUSTROPPIA CROZETENSIS; GLOBOPPIA LOXOLINEATA; HALOZETES MARIONENSIS;

EID: 0030620184     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770281     Document Type: Article

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