Differences in soil arthropod communities along a high altitude gradient at Shergyla Mountain, Tibet, China

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-266

  Jing, Shen ^a   Solhøy, Torstein ^b   Huifu, Wang ^c   Vollan, Thor I ^b   Rumei, Xu ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL BIOTA;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; XIZANG;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ASTIGMATA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA; PROTURA; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 19944411443     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0261:DISACA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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