Oribatid mite communities on the bark of dead wood vary with log type, surrounding forest and regional factors

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-112

  Bluhm, Christian ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Fungi; Oribatid mites; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; CARABODES; FAGUS; FUNGI; ORIBATIDA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84921893852     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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