The oribatid mite fauna of soil under different vegetation cover in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Badejo, M A ^a   Makinde, A M ^a   Straalen, N M ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Habitat disturbance; Litter; Oribatid mites; Top soil; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MITE; SOIL FAUNA; VEGETATION COVER;

NIGERIA;

ACARI; ANNECTACARUS; BASILOBELBA; DOLICHERCMAEUS; EPILOHMANNIA; HAPLOZETES; NOTHRUS; ORIBATIDA; PILIZETES; RHYSOTRITIA; SCHELORIBATES;

EID: 0033363940     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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