Effects of microhabitat diversity and geographical isolation on oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities in mangrove forests

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-255

  Karasawa, Shigenori ^a,b   Hijii, Naoki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arboreal microarthropod; Geographical isolation; Mangrove forest; Microhabitat diversity; Oribatid mite; Species diversity; Subtropical; Tidal flooding

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROHABITAT; MITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ACARI; ALGAE; BRUGUIERA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 3042593800     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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