Species diversity of soil-inhabiting oribatid mites in Yanbaru, the northern part of Okinawa Honto, and the effects of undergrowth removal on it

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-119

  Itô, Yosiaki ^a,c   Aoki, Jun Ichi ^b  

^a Okinawa University   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nature conservation; Oribatid mites; Species diversity; Subtropical forest; Undergrowth removal; Yanbaru

Indexed keywords

MITE; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

JAPAN; OKINAWA HONTO; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORIBATIDA; ORIBATIDAE; RYUKYU;

EID: 0032776294     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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