Effects of soil amendments on assemblages of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida, Mesostigmata) in short-rotation willow plantings in central New York

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1417-1425

  Minor, Maria A ^a,b   Norton, Roy A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; MANURES; PLASTICS; SOILS; UREA FERTILIZERS;

PLASTIC MULCH; SOIL AMENDMENTS; WILLOW BIOMASS CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MITE; PLANTATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; MANURE; PLANTS; PLASTICS; SOIL;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; GALLUS GALLUS; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; SALIX;

EID: 4644335385     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-035     Document Type: Article

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