Feeding of Scheloribates laevigatus (Acari: Oribatida) on different stadia of decomposing grass litter (Holcus lanatus)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 627-639

  Hubert, Jan ^a   Kubátová, Alena ^b   Šárová, Jana ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alimentary tract; Decomposition; Defecation; Food preferences; Microarthropod grazing; Microcosms; Microfungi; Scheloribates laevigatus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LITTER; MITE;

ACARI; HOLCUS LANATUS; ORIBATIDA; SCHELORIBATES LAEVIGATUS;

EID: 0033824446     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0031-4056(04)70077-3     Document Type: Article

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