Abundance and diversity of soil mites of fragmented habitats in a biosphere reserve in southern Nigeria

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2121-2128

  Badejo, Mosadoluwa Adetola ^a   Ola Adams, Buny Amin ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cassava; Gmelina; Intensive farming; Plantations; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ACARI; GMELINA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0034555670     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2000001100001     Document Type: Article

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