Mites (Acari) as indicators of soil biodiversity and land use monitoring: A review

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-440

  Gulvik, Maria E ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acari; Actinedida; Biodiversity; Disturbance; Gamasida; Monitoring; Oribatida; Soil fauna; Uropodina

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; LAND USE; MITE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SOIL FAUNA; SUSTAINABILITY;

ACARI; CROTONIOIDEA; GAMASIDA; ORIBATIDA; TECTOCEPHEUS VELATUS; UROPODINA;

EID: 36549050801     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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