Arboreal specificity, diversity and abundance of canopy-dwelling oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 391-400

  Winchester, Neville N ^a   Behan Pelletier, Valerie ^b   Ring, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arboreal species; Canopy; Moss mats; Oribatida; Suspended soils; Wandering species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; MITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ACARI; BRACHYPYLINA; BRYOPHYTA; DAMAEIDAE; EREMAEIDAE; GALUMNIDAE; ORIBATIDA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0032743607     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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