Canopy Oribatida: Tree specific or microhabitat specific?

• Published in: European journal of soil biology Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 220 - 224
• Main Authors: Behan-Pelletier, Valerie M., St. John, Mark G., Winchester, Neville
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.03.2008; Editions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biochemistry and biology; Biological and medical sciences; Canopy; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; Douglas fir; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Lichens; Microhabitat; Oribatida; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Soil science; Western hemlock; Western redcedar; United States; North America; Washington; America; Microhabitat; Western hemlock; Western redcedar; Lichens; Douglas fir; Canopy; Oribatida; Oribatida,Canopy,Microhabitat,Lichens,Douglas fir,Western hemlock,Western redcedar; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Fungi; Acariformes; Arachnida; Acari; Arthropoda; Thuja plicata; Softwood forest tree; Gymnospermae; Lichenes; Coniferales; Habitat; Spermatophyta; Soil science; Tsuga heterophylla; Invertebrata; Canopy(vegetation)

A diverse assemblage of oribatid mites inhabits the canopy of coniferous trees in western North America. We tested the hypothesis that oribatid mites are microhabitat specific in old-growth Douglas fir, Western hemlock and western redcedar at the Wind River Crane Canopy Research Facility, Washington...