Microenvironmental preferences of oribatid mite species on the floor of a tropical rainforest

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-156

  Badejo, Mosadoluwa Adetola ^a   Akinwole, Philips Olugbemiga ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Canopy cover; Forest floor; Microenvironmental preference; Nigeria; Oribatid mites

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FERMENTATION; FOREST FLOOR; MITE; RAINFOREST; SAMPLING; SOIL DEPTH; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MITE; NIGERIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MITES; NIGERIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER;

AFRICA; IFE; NIGERIA; OSUN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACARI; MESOPLOPHORA; NOTHRUS; ORIBATIDA; SCHELORIBATES;

EID: 33751269606     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9029-y     Document Type: Article

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