Oribatid mite community structure and tree species diversity: A link?

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-528

  Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a   Sugawara, Yasunori ^b   Miyamoto, Toshizumi ^c   Hasegawa, Motohiro ^d   Hiura, Tsutom ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tomakomai Higashi High School   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground linkage; Decomposer; Ecosystem engineer; Litter diversity; Mite community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LITTER; MITE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ORIBATIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 27744550420     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.06.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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