Population dynamics and life history of the oribatid mite Ameronothrus lineatus (Acari, Oribatida) on the high arctic archipelago of Svalbard

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-271

  Søvik, Guldborg ^a   Leinaas, Hans Petter ^a   Ims, Rolf Anker ^b   Solhøy, Torstein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demography; Life cycle; Moulting; Phenology; Reproductive biology; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; MITE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ACARI; AMERONOTHRUS LINEATUS; CAREX; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA; ORIBATIDAE;

EID: 0038608607     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00189     Document Type: Article

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