Resistance to flooding of different species of terrestrial oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

Resistance to flooding was tested in six terrestrial oribatid mite species with different ecological needs. The silvicolous Galumna lanceata and Oppiella (Oppiella) marginedentata showed low average survival times of seven and 14 days, the moss-dwelling Zygoribatula exilis tolerated a month of subme...

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Main Authors: Lisa Bardel, Tobias Pfingstl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2018-08-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:http://www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/66