Oribatid mites and the decomposition of plant tissues in paleozoic coal-swamp forests

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-353

  Labandeira, Conrad C ^a,b   Phillips, Tom L ^c   Norton, Roy A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CORDAITES; ENTOVALVA; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORIBATIDA; SPHENOPSIDA;

COAL-SWAMP; DECOMPOSITION; ORIBATID MITES; PALEOZOIC; PLANT TISSUES;

EID: 0031399715     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515334     Document Type: Article

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