Collembolan assemblages in Lesvos, Greece. Effects of differences in vegetation and precipitation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-159

  Detsis, Vassilis ^a   Diamantopoulos, John ^b   Kosmas, Constantinos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Science   (Greece)

Author keywords

Characteristic species; Classification; Collembola; Deciduous oak woodland; Phrygana; Relative abundance patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL FAUNA; VEGETATION COVER;

GREECE; LESVOS;

COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 0034086812     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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