Red oak litter promotes a microarthropod functional group that accelerates its decomposition

Plant and Soil

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Hansen, Randi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Endophage; Functional feeding group; Litterbag; Oribatid mite; Red oak

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LEAF LITTER; MITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ORIBATIDAE;

EID: 0032789643     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004506414711     Document Type: Article

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