Microhabitat selection in the simple oribatid community dwelling in epilithic moss cover (Acari: Oribatida)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 570-576

  Smrž, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autecology; Czech Republic; Dispersion; Nutritional biology; Ontogeny; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; CHITINASE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; MITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; MITE; MOISTURE; MOSS; NONHUMAN; SCUTOVERTEX MINUTUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; TRICHORIBATES TRIMACULATUS;

ACARI; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BRYOPHYTA; CELLULOSE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ACARI; BRYOPHYTA; ORIBATIDA; SCUTOVERTEX; TRICHORIBATES TRIMACULATUS;

EID: 33749326178     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0141-y     Document Type: Article

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