Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in boreal forest floor and decaying wood

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Siira Pietikäinen, Anne ^a,b   Penttinen, Ritva ^c   Huhta, Veikko ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Coarse woody debris (CWD); Decomposer animals; Microhabitat; Moss mites; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; MICROHABITAT; MITE; MOSS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE; WOOD; WOODY DEBRIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BETULA PENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; CAMISIIDAE; ORIBATIDA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 51349084903     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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