Preferred term
soil microarthropods
Is replaced by
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
