Two scale patterns of spatial distribution of oribatid mites (Acari, Cryptostigmata) in a Greek mountain

Pedobiologia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-525

  Kallimanis, Athanasios S ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria D ^a   Sgardelis, Stefanos P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Altitude; Elevation gradient; Local effect; Regional effect

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; MITE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SCALE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

GREECE;

ACARI; JUNIPERUS; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 0036445756     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00156     Document Type: Article

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