Oribatid mites of the Galapagos Islands - Faunistics, ecology and speciation

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 373-409

  Schatz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dispersal; Galapagos; Islands; Oribatida; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

FAUNISTICS; MITE; SPECIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

ACARI; AEROPPIA; CULTROBATES; ORIBATIDA; SCAPHEREMAEUS; SCHLORIBATES;

EID: 0031851220     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006097928124     Document Type: Review

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