Biodiversity interslope divergence of oribatid mites at "evolution canyon", Mount Carmel, Israel

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-396

  Melamud, V ^a   Beharav, A ^b   Pavlicek T ^b   Nevo, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Mites; Oribatida; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BRYOPHYTA; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 39149105278     PISSN: 12178837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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