Soil oribatid mite communities under three species of legumes in an ultisol in Brazil

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-296

  Badejo, M Adetola ^a,c   Espindola, Jose Antonio Azevedo ^b   Guerra, Jose Guilherme Marinho ^b   De Aquino, Adriana Maria ^b   Correa, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Cover crops; Legumes; Oribatid mites; Tropics; Ultisol

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COVER CROP; LEGUME; PLANT RESIDUE; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; LEGUME; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FABACEAE; MITES; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHIS; ARACHIS PINTOI; ARCHEGOZETES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DESMODIUM; MACROPTILIUM; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; NANHERMANNIIDAE; NOTHRIDAE; NOTHRUS; ORIBATIDA; PANICUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PUERARIA; PUERARIA PHASEOLOIDES; TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE;

EID: 0038035649     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023399607317     Document Type: Article

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