Relative importance of local habitat complexity and regional factors for assemblages of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in Sphagnum peat bogs

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 275-286

  Minor, M A ^a   Ermilov, S G ^b   Philippov, D A ^b,c   Prokin, A A ^b,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b TYUMEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Abundance; Community structure; Habitat diversity; Microarthropods; Microhabitat; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; ASSEMBLY RULE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROHABITAT; MITE; MOSS; PEATLAND; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

RUSSIAN PLAIN;

ACARI; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ORIBATIDA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM CUSPIDATUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; SPHAGNUM RUBELLUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MITE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPHAGNOPSIDA; WETLAND;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MITES; RUSSIA; SPHAGNOPSIDA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84982920963     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-016-0075-9     Document Type: Article

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