Communities of soil mites (Acarina) in planted birch stands compared with natural forests in central Finland

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Huhta, Veikko ^a   Niemi, Ritva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; PH EFFECTS; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

SOIL MITES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MITE; PLANTATION; SOIL FAUNA;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; PH; SOIL;

FINLAND;

ACARI; BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA; PICEA;

EID: 0037308796     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-151     Document Type: Article

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