Responses of soil mesofauna communities and oribatid mite species to site preparation treatments in high-elevation cutblocks in southern British Columbia

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-32

  Berch, Shannon Marie ^a   Battigelli, Jeff P ^b   Hope, Graeme D ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b Earthworks Research Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forestry site preparation; High elevation; Oribatid mites; Soil mesofauna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; MITE; POPULATION DENSITY; SITE PREPARATION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; CULTROBATES; LIOCHTHONIUS; OPPIELLA NOVA; ORIBATIDA; PLATYNOTHRUS; PLATYNOTHRUS SIBIRICUS; QUADROPPIA; SUCTOBELBELLA;

EID: 33847773448     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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