Monthly variation of oribatid mite subspecies Eremaeus hepaticus cordiformis Grandjean, 1934(Acari)
Abstract
This study comprises the relationship between the climatic factors and the monthly distribution of oribatid mite subspecies Eremaeus hepaticus cordiformis. The analysis put in evidence that there is a strong negative correlation between temperature (both air and soil) and number of individual, as the temperature increases the number of individual decreases. There is a weak positive correlation between rainfall and number of individual. The number of individual increases at the humidity increases.
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References
- R. Norton, «Aspects of the biology and systematics of soil arachnids, particular saprophagous and mycophagous mites,» Quaestiones Entomologicae, no. 21, pp. 523-541, 1985.
Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Structural Biology
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 1, 2017
Submission Date
March 27, 2017
Acceptance Date
August 1, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Volume: 21 Number: 6
Cited By
Oribatid mite fauna of Kocaeli City Forest (Kocaeli, Turkey)
Turkish Journal of Entomology
https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.508099