Nematode consumption by mite communities varies in different forest microhabitats as indicated by molecular gut content analysis

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-60

  Heidemann, Kerstin ^a   Ruess, Liliane ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial energy channel; Food web; Grass; Litter; Moss; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; MITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOIL FAUNA; STOMACH CONTENT;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; MESOSTIGMATA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA;

SOIL;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; GENETICS; MITE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; MITES; NEMATODA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84905404533     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-014-9807-x     Document Type: Article

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