Response of soil mites to organic cultivation in an ultisol in southeast Brazil

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 345-364

  Badejo, M Adetola ^a   De Aquino, Adriana Maria ^b   De Polli, Helvecio ^b   Fernandes Correia, Maria Elizabeth ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Natl Ctr for Res on Agrobiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actinedida; Cow dung; Forest; Gamasina; Organic farming; Oribatida; Pasture; Soil mites; Uropodina

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; MITE; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARCHEGOZETES; ARCHEGOZETES MAGNUS; BELBA; DAMAEIDAE; GALUMNA; GALUMNIDAE; GAMASINA; NOTHRIDAE; NOTHRUS; NOTHRUS SEROPEDICALENSIS; ORIBATIDA; PROTORIBATES; PROTORIBATES RIOENSIS; PROTORIBATIDAE; TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE; UROPODINA;

EID: 11944260698     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-0201-y     Document Type: Article

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