Abundance and diversity of soil microarthropod communities related to different land use regime in a traditional farm in western Norway

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-288

  Gulvik, Maria E ^a   Jerzy Bloszyk ^b   Austad, Ingvild ^a   Bajaczyk, Rafal ^b   Piwczyński, Dariusz ^c  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Extensive management; Land use; Mites; Soil monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTHROPOD; FARM; FOOD WEB; LAND USE; MEADOW; MITE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; ATROPACARUS STRICULUS; COLLEMBOLA; CROTONIOIDEA; DINYCHUS PERFORATUS; ORIBATIDA; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRACARUS; TRACHYTES PAUPERIOR; UROPODINA;

EID: 48249127252     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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