Soil pore volume and the abundance of soil mites in two contrasting habitats

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1538-1541

  Nielsen, Uffe N ^a,b   Osler, Graham H R ^a   van der Wal, René ^b   Campbell, Colin D ^a   Burslem, David F R P ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesostigmata; Microarthropods; Oribatida; Soil pore volume

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; PORE SIZE; SOILS;

MESOSTIGMATA; MICROARTHROPODS; ORIBATIDA; SOIL PORE VOLUME;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; HUMUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITE; MOORLAND; POROSITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ACARI; CALLUNA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 43849098180     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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