The effects of spatial scale on the assessment of soil fauna diversity: Data from the oribatid mite community of the Pelagian Islands (Sicilian Channel, southern Mediterranean)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-31

  Caruso, Tancredi ^a   La Diega, Ruggero Noto ^a   Bernini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Community structure; Distribution; Oribatid mites; Scale; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MITE; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AGRIGENTO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; PELAGIA;

EID: 22544432573     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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