Resident corticolous oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida): Decay in community similarity with vertical distance from the ground

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Winchester, Neville N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community similarity; Corticolous habitats; Distance decay; Oribatid mites; Spatial autocorrelation; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; MITE; RAINFOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 34347258913     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[223:RCOMAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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