Importance of different types of beech dead wood for soil microarthropod fauna

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-560

  Skubała, Piotr ^a   Marzec, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Beech; Dead wood; Microarthropods; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; MICROHABITAT; MITE; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84896709677     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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