THE SOIL MACROARTHROPODS IN A MESOTHERMIC PRIMARY FOREST IN WESTERN ECUADOR - SEASONAL ABUNDANCES AND SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION

Authors
DELPOZO XS BLANDIN P
Citation
Xs. Delpozo et P. Blandin, THE SOIL MACROARTHROPODS IN A MESOTHERMIC PRIMARY FOREST IN WESTERN ECUADOR - SEASONAL ABUNDANCES AND SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION, Revue d'ecologie et de biologie du sol, 28(4), 1991, pp. 421-433
Citations number
17
Journal title
Revue d'ecologie et de biologie du sol → ACNP
ISSN journal
00351822
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1991
Pages
421 - 433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1822(1991)28:4<421:TSMIAM>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The Macroarthropods community of the soil in a neotropical mesothermic rain forest (Occidente, Ecuador) is quantitatively studied. Abundance s decrease during low rainfall, but probably no vertical migration occ urs. Results are compared with data from other neotropical rain forest s.