Seasonal change of oribatid mite communities (acari, oribatida) in three different types of microhabitats in an oak forest

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-195

  GergoCS V ^a   Garamvolgyi A ^a   Homorodi R ^b   Hufnagel, L ^c  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b ALÖKI Applied Ecological Research and Forensic Institute Ltd   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Communities; Microhabitats; Oribatid mites; Seasonality; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BRYOPHYTA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 79960736629     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0902_181195     Document Type: Article

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