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Soil Arthropods

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Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 137))

Abstract

The Mediterranean soil fauna is mainly composed of mites (Acari) and springtails (Collembola) (Lossaint and Rapp 1978), with mites being usually more abundant than springtails (Poinsot-Balaguer 1988). The greatest arthropod diversity is often found in the litter layer, where the arthropods closely depend on climatic factors, with Collembola being strongly influenced by water deficits (Poinsot 1971). Most of the hypogeal groups inhabiting the Mediterranean soil face the seasonal climatic pattern by adjusting the timing of their life cycle or by migrating through the soil layers (Sgardelis et al. 1993). Life in the depths of the soil habitat has to be considered as a mechanism of avoidance related to the fluctuations of the Mediterranean climate, particularly to the summer drought (Di Castri 1973).

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  1. Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Ferran Rodà , Javier Retana  & Carlos A. Gracia ,  & 

  2. Department of Ecology Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, PO Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain

    Juan Bellot

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Andrés, P., Mateos, E., Ascaso, C. (1999). Soil Arthropods. In: Rodà, F., Retana, J., Gracia, C.A., Bellot, J. (eds) Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58618-7_24

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