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Preferred term

soil microarthropods

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Definition

  • Soil microarthropods (principally mites and collembolans) are among the unseen faunal diversity in nearly all agricultural soils

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] Crossely DA Jr., Muellerb BR, Perduec C. 1992. Biodiversity of microarthropods in agricultural soils: relations to processes Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment Volume 40, Issues 1–4

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_524

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