Successional changes and diversity of mesostigmatid mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) on reclaimed power plant waste dumps

Annales Zoologici

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-278

  Madej, Grazyna ^a   Stodółka, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acari; Community structure; Mesostigmata; Soil mites; Species diversity; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ASCA; MESOSTIGMATA;

EID: 47849094293     PISSN: 00034541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000345408X326582     Document Type: Article

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