The relict mite Rhagidia gelida (Acari, Rhagidiidae) as a biological cryoindicator of periglacial microclimate in European highland screes

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 402-408

  Zacharda, Miloslav ^a   Gude, Martin ^b   Kraus, Susanne ^b   Hauck, Christian ^c   Molenda, Roland ^d   Růžička, Vlastimil ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; MICROCLIMATE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

ACARI; PROSTIGMATA; RHAGIDIA; RHAGIDIIDAE;

EID: 24744468196     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2005)037[0402:TRMRGA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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