Does the existence of bird's nest ferns enhance the diversity of oribatid (Acari: Oribatida) communities in a subtropical forest?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4533-4553

  Karasawa, Shigenori ^a   Hijii, Naoki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diversity; diversity; diversity; Asplenium nidus; Species accumulation curve

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERN; MITE; NEST; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ACARI; ASPLENIUM NIDUS; AVES; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 33749315077     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5443-4     Document Type: Article

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