The composition and abundance of microarthropod communities on arboreal litter in the canopy of Cryptomeria japonica trees

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-42

  Yoshida, Tomohiro ^a   Hijii, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy; Collembola; Cryptomeria japonica; Microarthropods; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOILS; VEGETATION;

BRANCH-CLIPPING; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; DETRITIVOROUS; FUNGIVOROUS MICROARTHROPODS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; PLANTS; SOIL;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JAPONICA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 13244279695     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-004-0098-7     Document Type: Article

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