Predation in suspended and forest floor soils: Observations on Australian mesostigmatic mites

Acarologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-54

  Beaulieu, Frédéric ^a,b   Walter, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Arachnids and Nematodes   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acari; Collembola; Feeding habits; Generalist predators; Mesostigmata; Nematodes; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749158232     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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