Regional factors rather than forest type drive the community structure of soil living oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-169

  Erdmann, Georgia ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Density; Diversity; Management; Natural forest; Oribatid mites; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; MITES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EUROPE;

ACARI; FAGUS; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84860881754     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9546-9     Document Type: Article

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