Estimation of seasonal changes of population feeding activity of the oribatid mite Galumna elimata (Acari: Oribatida)

Acarologia

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 253-260

  Hubert, Jan ^a   Šustr, Vladimír ^b   Pekár, Stano ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Abundance; Decomposition; Defecation; Galumna; Meadow; Oribatida; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944420245     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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